Anthropic names Tino Cuéllar its first global affairs officer

Anthropic said on 4 August 2026 that Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, a former California Supreme Court justice and outgoing president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, would become its first chief global affairs officer, reporting to president Daniela Amodei.

Why it mattered Anthropic made government relations and international AI diplomacy a standing executive post; Cuéllar stepped down as a trustee of the company’s Long-Term Benefit Trust to take it.