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How Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown used GOP ties to end a June standoff over model safety and win over Musk, brokering a $1.25B/month SpaceX compute deal (Wall Street Journal)

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Tom Brown helped turn a model-safety standoff into a major compute win for Anthropic.

Techmeme’s note says Brown used Republican relationships and business pressure to resolve a June dispute over model safety. It also says he helped win over Elon Musk and brokered a SpaceX compute deal worth $1.25B a month. The item frames Brown as central to Anthropic’s push to secure the computing power it needs. Techmeme's note

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