Mitch Kapor's aircraft arrives in Ireland as US AI export rules ripple through Europe

Mitch Kapor's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N700MK, was tracked departing Omak, Washington, at 5:29 AM UTC on June 26, 2026, and touching down at Carrigart Airstrip in County Donegal, Ireland, after a 7-hour, 3-minute transatlantic flight.

If aboard, Mitch Kapor would arrive this week as EU Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen raises Anthropic's forced model suspension with the White House, per AI Weekly. The US export control directive banned foreign nationals — including Anthropic's own employees — from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5, forcing a global shutdown. The EU's AI Office, gaining enforcement powers in August 2026, has signaled it could demand model access if restrictions persist. Kapor, a longtime open-source and digital-rights advocate, may have reason to discuss regulatory fallout with European policymakers or civil-society allies.

Recent flight history shows the aircraft made two short hops in the Pacific Northwest on June 26, suggesting a Washington-state departure, and prior movements included Japan, consistent with Kapor's pattern of international technology-policy engagement. The trip fits a record of showing up where the intersection of software, governance, and civil liberties grows tense.