Kraken parent Payward gets access to Anthropic’s restricted cybersecurity AI

Payward, Inc., the Cheyenne-based parent of Kraken, said on Monday it has been selected to participate in Project Glasswing and is actively incorporating Claude Mythos 5 into its defensive cybersecurity work, per the company’s announcement.

Anthropic launched the program in April 2026 after concluding its models could surpass all but the most skilled humans at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities, and has never released Mythos publicly. In addition to Kraken, Payward runs other firms such as NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Bitnomial, and CF Benchmarks, and generated an adjusted revenue of $508 million for Q2, a 17% increase from the previous year.

Washington controls access to Mythos 5

According to Payward, its access is in line with the United States government’s decision to permit Mythos 5 access to US entities that secure and protect critical infrastructure.

This access route has expanded since April to include technology and financial sectors. Mythos 5 was delivered to US cyber defenders on June 9 via Glasswing and then went dark worldwide three days later due to an export ruling by the Department of Commerce that denied foreign access. The model then returned on July 1.

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