Anthropic Spent $1.97M on Q2 2026 US Lobbying, Up 26% QoQ, Outspending Nvidia and Nearly Matching Oracle

Federal lobbying disclosures show Anthropic spent $1.97M in Q2 2026 (up 26% QoQ), outspending Nvidia and nearly matching Oracle's $2M. OpenAI spent $1.2M (up 18%). Combined AI-lab spend hit $3.17M for the quarter, up 23% from Q1. Meta remained the largest tech lobbyist at $5.99M, down 15%. Filings list cybersecurity, copyright, cloud computing and defense procurement as priority issues.