Anthropic’s escalation – a response to OpenAI’s attempt to undercut the competition – is a strategic play meant to broaden the company’s foothold in federal AI usage.

On Tuesday, Anthropic announced it would also provide its AI tools to government agencies for $1, but with a twist: the offer covers all three branches of the US government, executive, legislative, and judiciary, not just the executive branch. The deal lasts for one year.

Anthropic has broadened the AI competition in the U.S. federal government by offering its Claude models to all three branches for $1 annually, positioning itself against OpenAI’s executive branch offer.