AI FIRMS SLASH LOBBYING SPEND IN Q1 2025
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Anthropic and OpenAI dramatically reduced their lobbying expenditures in the first quarter of 2025, dropping to $360K and $560K respectively from their Q1 2026 peaks of $1.6M and $1M.
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