Silicon Valley's biggest AI players are mobilizing unprecedented political firepower ahead of the midterms. Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among tech veterans pouring over $100 million into a new super-PAC network called Leading the Future that will target candidates who support strict AI regulations, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The AI industry just declared political war on regulation. Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley heavyweights pumping more than $100 million into Leading the Future, a super-PAC network designed to torpedo candidates who might constrain the artificial intelligence boom, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The timing couldn't be more strategic. With midterm elections approaching and AI regulation battles heating up across state capitals, the tech industry is taking a page directly from crypto's political playbook. The new PAC network will deploy campaign donations and targeted digital advertising to advocate for AI-friendly policies while actively opposing candidates the group believes will stifle innovation.
This represents a massive escalation in Silicon Valley's political influence operations. Both Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI were instrumental in pushing for a controversial 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations earlier this year. Though Congress ultimately struck down that ban, the industry's appetite for political warfare has only intensified.
"The AI industry continues to fight against a 'patchwork of regulations,' which they say would slow down innovation and put the U.S. at risk of losing the AI race to China," according to the original TechCrunch reporting. That narrative has become the rallying cry for Leading the Future's political strategy.
The PAC network isn't operating in a vacuum. It's explicitly modeling itself on Fairshake, the pro-cryptocurrency super-PAC that proved devastatingly effective in cementing Donald Trump's election victory. That success blueprint - combine massive Silicon Valley funding with sophisticated digital targeting - is now being weaponized for AI policy battles.
