Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday refuted what he called “inaccurate claims” about the company’s policy positions, following repeated criticism from venture capitalist David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar.

Amodei said Anthropic shares the Trump administration’s views on “key areas of AI policy” and is open to collaborating with “anyone serious about getting this right.”

“I fully believe that Anthropic, the administration, and leaders across the political spectrum want the same thing: to ensure that powerful AI technology benefits the American people and that America advances and secures its lead in AI development,” Amodei said in a statement.

Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives, including Amodei, who left over safety concerns, Anthropic has become a key player in the AI boom, reaching a valuation of $183 billion in just four years.

The company drew David Sacks’s attention last week after co-founder and policy chief Jack Clark published an essay titled “Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear,” which ignited debate over AI regulation.

In a post on X, Sacks accused Anthropic of “running a sophisticated regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering” and blamed it for fueling “the state regulatory frenzy that is damaging the startup ecosystem.”

Anthropic opposed a proposed amendment to President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that sought to impose a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations. The provision was ultimately rejected and left out of the final legislation.

Billionaire investor and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman came to Anthropic’s defense on Monday, calling the company “one of the good guys.”

Hoffman, an early backer of OpenAI and still a shareholder, disclosed that his firm Greylock has also invested in Anthropic.

Sacks quickly fired back, engaging Hoffman in a public exchange on X. He claimed the “real issue” was “Anthropic’s agenda to backdoor Woke AI and other AI regulations through Blue states like California.”

On Tuesday, Amodei clarified the company’s stance, saying Anthropic has consistently supported a uniform federal framework over a patchwork of state-level AI laws.