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Mar 2, 2026 · Industry Insights

Why Anthropic’s $200M Contract Loss Propelled Claude to the App Store’s Top Spot

Anthropic turned down a Pentagon request, forfeiting a contract worth over $200 million, while OpenAI signed a similar deal and raised $110 billion in funding; nevertheless, users abandoned ChatGPT for Claude, driving the latter to the number‑one position on the U.S. App Store.