The agreement would make Claude the first artificial intelligence tool available to all state agencies and local governments.

Anthropic and California Governor Gavin Newsom have signed a deal to expand AI use in state government, backed by new executive orders on AI procurement.

Anthropic’s agreement makes Claude the first AI tool available to all state agencies and local governments, at half price.

The Anthropic partnership is the latest step in Gavin Newsom's effort to position California as the nation's testing ground for AI in government.