OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia set personal quarterly lobbying expenditure records for the period from July to September, The Verge AI reports citing federal disclosures. Nvidia spent 2,2 million dollars, Anthropic — 2,1 million, and OpenAI — 1,5 million.
In absolute terms, Nvidia led among these three companies. However, expenditures remain comparable to or below the figures of large technology companies with a longer presence in Washington: Microsoft spent at least 2 million dollars per quarter since 2021 year, and Google regularly exceeded 3 million dollars, including this quarter.
The significance of these data is limited: the published material does not specify the particular issues the companies lobbied on, and provides no confirmation of outcomes.
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Why it matters
Likely consequence — continued attention to the political work of AI companies and chip manufacturers. The next observable signal will be data on spending in the next quarter and disclosure of specific lobbying directions. Substantial uncertainty remains: the source does not show which decisions or campaigns stood behind the expenditures.