Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are pumping more than $100 million into a new network of pro-AI super-PACs ahead of the 2024 midterms, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The coalition, called “Leading the Future,” will push campaign donations and digital ads to fight strict AI regulations. Their target: candidates who want tighter AI controls they say would hurt innovation and hand the edge to China.
Both Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI tried earlier this year to put a 10-year freeze on states creating their own AI laws. That moratorium failed, but the industry’s still battling “patchwork of regulations.” 
The move echoes the pro-crypto PAC Fairshake’s playbook, which helped secure a win for Donald Trump. “Leading the Future” plans to align with White House AI czar David Sacks’ policies.
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