# Newsom Announces Anthropic Partnership for California Agencies > Source: > Published: 2026-06-29 20:48:49+00:00 Editorial analysis: For practitioners, a statewide procurement that centralizes discounted access to an LLM assistant changes how teams assess vendor risk, scale deployments, and budget for enterprise AI. Reported facts: Governor Gavin Newsom announced a partnership with Anthropic that makes `Claude` available to all California state agencies, cities, and counties at a **50% discount**, and includes free workforce training and GenAI technical assistance, according to the governor's office press release (gov.ca.gov) and reporting by Politico. Politico and The Next Web note the deal comes amid a monthslong dispute with the Trump administration, which had designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk; The Next Web reports a federal judge has since blocked that Pentagon designation. Kate Jensen, Anthropic's Head of Americas, is quoted in the state release; California CIO Chris Given spoke to Politico about expected usage shifts.