GSA and Anthropic ink deal for Claude AI across all government branches

Anthropic’s leading large language model, Claude, will now be available for federal government employees across all three branches for a $1 fee.

Announced on Tuesday morning, the deal through the General Services Administration’s OneGov program enables Claude’s expansion to be available for all three branches of government and follows its addition to the GSA schedule. Two versions, Claude for Government and Claude for Enterprise, will now be available for select federal workloads. 

“As AI adoption leads to transformation across industries, we want to ensure that federal workers can fully harness these capabilities to better serve the American people,” the press release reads. “By removing cost barriers, we're enabling the government to access the same advanced AI that's already proving its value in the private sector.”

Anthropic will be actively helping the government with the adoption of Claude, offering technical support as needed. Agencies will also have access to new model capabilities as they roll out.

The $1 contract will expire after one year.

“America's AI leadership requires that our government institutions have access to the most capable, secure AI tools available,” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said. “By offering expanded Claude access across all three branches of government, we're helping the federal workforce leverage frontier AI capabilities to maintain our competitive advantage and better serve the American people.”

GSA has set a breakneck pace in new deals with leading industry firms, including Google, Adobe, Salesforce, Elastic, Oracle, AWS and more. It’s a similar agreement to one GSA inked last week with frontier AI firm OpenAI.

“This OneGov deal with Anthropic is proof that the United States is setting the standard for how governments adopt AI — boldly, responsibly, and at scale,” GSA acting Administrator Michael Rigas said in a statement. “This agreement puts the most advanced American AI models directly into the hands of those serving the American people.”

GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum added, “This agreement with Anthropic is another major step in the AI-driven transformation of government — advancing efficiency, boosting productivity, and ensuring we meet the priorities laid out in President Trump’s AI Action Plan.”

Anthropic has also inked contracts with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Department of Defense for scientific and national security work, respectively.

“We look forward to working closely with agencies to help them harness AI's transformative potential in support of their critical missions,” the company said. 

GovExec Editor-in-Chief Frank Konkel contributed to this reporting.