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Silicon Valley Super PAC to Spend $100 Million Backing AI-Friendly Politicians

By  |  August 26, 2025

A Silicon Valley super PAC backed by major players in the tech industry is preparing to pour $100 million into shaping U.S. political debates on artificial intelligence. According to Fortune, the new organization, called Leading the Future (LTF), is supported by OpenAI president Greg Brockman and venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz. Its goal is to bolster candidates who favor looser AI regulations while pushing back against politicians it sees as obstructing technological progress.

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    Per Fortune, the group intends to fund both Democrats and Republicans, deploying donations and digital ads to influence races at the state and national levels ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The organization will be positioned against what it views as excessive restrictions that could slow AI deployment, and its platform echoes the perspective of White House AI and crypto advisor David Sacks, who has argued that private companies should drive the U.S. lead in AI over rivals like China.

    LTF outlined in a press release that it would oppose policies that could stifle innovation, allow China to surpass the U.S. in AI development, or otherwise hinder the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. In a joint statement to the Wall Street Journal, the group’s leaders Josh Vlasto and Zac Moffatt described their effort as a counterforce to what they called a broad movement aiming to delay AI integration into the economy and workforce.

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    The move comes after earlier efforts by Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI to support a proposed 10-year freeze on state-level AI regulations. That measure passed the House of Representatives but was blocked in the Senate following bipartisan resistance. Collin McCune, head of government affairs at Andreessen Horowitz, underscored the firm’s motivation in a recent post on X, warning that without the right policies, the U.S. risks ceding leadership in AI and compromising both its economic strength and national security.

    With $100 million at its disposal, LTF is expected to be one of the most well-funded efforts yet to align U.S. politics with the interests of the AI industry, signaling a more aggressive campaign to shape the rules around emerging technologies.

    Source: Fortune