Welcome to the TechBrew Ride Home from Monday, March 9th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today. Anthropic is

fighting the government in court. Microsoft is turning to Anthropic to get Agenic and all its

productivity products. A big new hyperscalor startup is raising a monster round and could the war in Iran be something that

could pop the AI bubble. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Anthropic has officially sued to block the Department of Defense from designating it a supply chain risk,

saying the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights.

Quoting the verge.

The suit filed in a California district court accuses the Trump administration of illegally punishing the company

for setting red lines on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

The federal government retaliated against a leading frontier AI developer for adhering to

its protected viewpoint on a subject of great public significance, AI safety and the limitations

of its own AI models in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States,

the suit reads.

Defendants are seeking to destroy the economic value created by one of the world's fastest growing private companies,

which is a leader in responsibly developing an emergent technology of vital significance to our nation, end quote.

The lawsuit follows a rollercoaster couple of weeks for Anthropic in which the company was faced with the threat of and then the official designation of being made a supply chain risk.

The designation is typically not made public and often applies to foreign companies that could be a cybersecurity threat or other material risk to national security rather than companies headquartered in the U.S.

Additionally, President Donald Trump ordered all government agencies to cease using Anthropics

tech within six months.

Anthropics blacklisting raised eyebrows and caused significant bipartisan controversy due to

fears that disagreeing with a current presidential administration could significantly affect

a company's bottom line and whether it was able to operate

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