The Contract
How the Pentagon just showed the AI industry who runs the table
I’ve spent 16 years in heavy civil construction cutting deals with government agencies. DOTs, transit agencies. I’ve sat across the table from owners who hold all the leverage and know it. I’ve watched subcontractors get blackballed for pushing back on scope. So when I watched the Anthropic–Pentagon standoff play out this week, I didn’t see a tech story…
