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San Francisco-based Anthropic has signed on Avenue Solutions for DC support on issues related to artificial intelligences.
The maker of the Claude chatbot is expected to go public this year in what will be one of the biggest initial public offerings.
The Wall Street Journal profiled Anthropic on Jan 17 in an article headlined: “Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away.”
It called Claude “a thinking machine of shocking capability, even in an age awash in powerful artificial-intelligence tools.
Avenue Solutions founding partners Tracy Spicer, political director for Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA); Amy Tejral, legislative director for Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE); and partner Jordan LaCrosse, a veteran of the Democratic Women’s Alliance, handle Anthropic.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
