Nancy Pelosi Tracker
2026.03.31 14:07

This smells like a conflict of interest

Emil Michael was the Trump Pentagon official who designated Anthropic a "supply chain risk"

He holds up to 10 million dollars worth of equity in Perplexity AI

The core issue was that Anthropic refused to let the Pentagon use its AI for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons

Michael led the charge to ban them from government contracts, and replace them with companies like Perplexity and OpenAI

In his ethics agreement prior to becoming Pentagon Chief Technology Officer, Michael pledged to "not participate personally and substantially" in any matter that would have a "direct and predictable effect" on his financial interests

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