According to The Rundown AI, former President Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic, while OpenAI signed a Pentagon agreement the same night; the U.S. military reportedly still used Claude in strikes on Iran, and OpenAI raised $110B at a $730B valuation. As reported by The Rundown AI on X, these moves signal rapid realignment of government AI procurement toward OpenAI and growing operational reliance on frontier models. According to The Rundown AI, the Anthropic restriction could shift federal contracts and compliance frameworks, while OpenAI’s Pentagon deal may accelerate secure deployment pathways for defense use cases such as intel analysis and targeting support. As reported by The Rundown AI, the alleged battlefield use of Claude highlights model selection driven by performance and availability despite policy shifts, and the $110B raise at a $730B valuation underscores strong investor confidence in scaling enterprise and government AI solutions.