# Anthropic appoints ex-California Supreme Court Justice Cuéllar as first Chief Global Affairs Officer

> Anthropic has hired Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, a former California Supreme Court Justice and president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer. He will lead the company's policy work, government relations and international engagement, reporting directly to president Daniela Amodei from San Francisco. The hire is a signal of how seriously the top AI labs now take politics. Cuellar is not a typical tech executive; he previously directed international security work at Stanford and founded its Cyber Initiative, and he has served on Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust since early 2026. Bringing a former high court justice in-house suggests Anthropic expects its biggest battles to be fought in capitals and courtrooms as much as in research labs. As governments worldwide move to regulate AI, the companies building it are staffing up with the kind of heavyweight legal and policy talent that used to belong to governments themselves.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: Anthropic · Published Thursday, August 6, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Anthropic has hired Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, a former California Supreme Court Justice and president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer. He will lead the company's policy work, government relations and international engagement, reporting directly to president Daniela Amodei from San Francisco. The hire is a signal of how seriously the top AI labs now take politics. Cuellar is not a typical tech executive; he previously directed international security work at Stanford and founded its Cyber Initiative, and he has served on Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust since early 2026. Bringing a former high court justice in-house suggests Anthropic expects its biggest battles to be fought in capitals and courtrooms as much as in research labs. As governments worldwide move to regulate AI, the companies building it are staffing up with the kind of heavyweight legal and policy talent that used to belong to governments themselves.

## Source

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