Austria Asks EU to Host Anthropic After U.S. Curbs Model Access

On June 28, 2026, the Austrian government published a letter urging the European Commission to consider hosting and establishing Anthropic within the EU, after the United States restricted foreign access to the company's most advanced AI models. Issued under State Secretary for Digitalization Alexander Pröll and addressed to Commission technology official Henna Virkkunen, the letter calls it "important that Europe is not cut off from key technological innovation," and proposes jointly exploring "Anthropic's strategic establishment and participation within the EU" alongside legal certainty, market access, capital and shared values. (Reuters, Bloomberg)