OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia Set Records for Lobbying Spending in Washington
The three companies racing to build the future spent the third quarter of 2026 buying influence over how that future gets regulated — and each one set a new record for lobbying spending doing it. Nvidia, Anthropic and OpenAI poured a combined $7.5 million into federal lobbying between July and September, according to an analysis of new disclosure filings by POGO Investigates, with each company posting its highest quarterly total ever. ...