California struck a new deal with artificial intelligence company Anthropic that will give state agencies access to its Claude assistant.

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 offers federal agencies Claude access for $1 per year and launches a $15M credit program for state governments, with California already finding

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.