OpenAI and Anthropic hire Trump administration officials

OpenAI and Anthropic are poaching former Trump administration officials for senior roles as the AI sector races to strengthen ties with Washington amid growing regulation and national security concerns. Anthropic has appointed at least two former Trump officials, while OpenAI has hired at least three.

• Anthropic named Sihao Huang head of frontier compute strategy in September
• Chris Liddell, ex-White House deputy chief of staff, joined Anthropic's board in February
• OpenAI hired Thomas Lind from ONCD and Dean Ball from OSTP
• Both companies are hiring for multiple political engagement roles