Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is deepening the state’s embrace of artificial intelligence by signing a deal with San Francisco-based Anthropic that will make Claude the first generative AI platform available across state agencies and local governments.

The deal comes at a politically charged moment. While the Trump administration has moved to restrict the rollout of Anthropic’s most advanced AI models and labeled the company a potential national security supply chain risk, Newsom is expanding the use of the same technology across California’s government.