# Tech CEOs met with White House officials over the phone, CNBC has learned.

*fintech · news · 2026-04-10 · CNBC*

## Key points

- Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned tech CEOs about AI security before Mythos launched.
- Anthropic briefed senior U.S. officials on Mythos Preview's offensive and defensive cyber capabilities before external release.
- Bessent and Jerome Powell held a surprise meeting with major U.S. banks about Mythos's cyber threat potential.
- Anthropic remains blocked from Department of Defense contracts but can work with other federal agencies due to conflicting court rulings.

**Companies:** Google, Microsoft, Apple, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Nvidia, Anthropic, OpenAI
**Countries:** United States

[Read the full story on CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/10/trump-white-house-ai-cyber-threat-anthropic-mythos.html)

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