Source: Newcomer
As AI deployment accelerates and political risk spikes under a Trump administration, companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are rapidly building in-house foreign policy expertise rather than relying on external consultants. This shift reflects a recognition that AI regulation, export controls, and international competition are now core business risks—not peripheral compliance issues. Geopolitics fluency is now essential to product roadmaps and go-to-market strategy. The talent crunch reveals a real gap: tech's traditional engineering-and-product culture lacks the institutional knowledge to manage state actors, treaty frameworks, and supply chain vulnerabilities that now determine which AI products can scale globally.