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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
Tom's Hardware · FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026
Company Spent $500 Million on Claude in One Month. No Limit Had Been Set.

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The expenditure was technically authorized because authorization had not been technically required. The invoices were accurate. The licenses were valid. The employees were, presumably, very productive. Adequate has processed this. Processing has not improved anything.
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ORIGINAL FILING
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