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AI super PAC aligned with Techno-Optimist Manifesto
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Relevant to AI governance debates: illustrates how techno-optimist ideology is being translated into organized political action to resist AI safety regulation in the US electoral arena.
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A new AI-focused super PAC called 'Leading the Future,' backed by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI's Greg Brockman, and over $100M, aims to elect pro-AI candidates in the 2026 US midterms and counter AI regulation. The PAC is philosophically grounded in Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto, which frames AI deceleration as morally wrong. This represents a major organized political effort by Silicon Valley to shape the regulatory environment for AI development.
Key Points
- •Leading the Future super PAC raised $100M+ to fund pro-AI candidates and oppose what it calls regulatory overreach in 2026 midterms.
- •Key backers include Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman; targets include NY, CA, IL, and OH battleground states.
- •The PAC's philosophy draws from the Techno-Optimist Manifesto, which claims slowing AI is 'a form of murder.'
- •The PAC opposes patchwork state-level AI laws and seeks a favorable federal regulatory environment for AI deployment.
- •Marks a significant escalation of tech industry political organizing specifically around AI policy.
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# A $100M AI Super PAC Is About to Reshape US Elections
By [Mike Kaput](https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/author/mike-kaput) on September 3, 2025
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In what could become one of the most consequential political storylines of 2026, Silicon Valley is mobilizing for political battle and its chosen front line is AI.
This week, a new AI-focused super PAC, [Leading the Future](https://www.wsj.com/politics/silicon-valley-launches-pro-ai-pacs-to-defend-industry-in-midterm-elections-287905b3), emerged with more than $100 million in backing. Its stated goal? To fund pro-AI candidates and fend off what it sees as regulatory overreach that could stall American innovation.
Is AI about to become a lightning rod during the 2026 US midterms? I broke it down with SmarterX and Marketing AI Institute founder and CEO Paul Roetzer on [Episode 165 of The Artificial Intelligence Show](https://podcast.smarterx.ai/shownotes/165).
## **The Rise of the AI Super PAC**
Leading the Future is no ordinary PAC. It’s a super PAC, which in the US means it can raise unlimited amounts of money and spend freely, as long as it doesn’t directly coordinate with candidates.
Among its high-profile supporters are venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, and a coalition of tech titans who view AI regulation not just as a policy issue, but an existential threat to progress.
And it’s already aiming to make its mark in four key battleground states: New York, California, Illinois, and Ohio.
Its pitch? The AI industry doesn’t want free-for-all deregulation. But it does want guardrails that make sense. What it fears is a patchwork of conflicting state-level laws or overly cautious rules that could cripple momentum.
As the group’s leaders put it in a statement included in _The Wall Street Journal_:
“There is a vast force out there that’s looking to slow down AI deployment, prevent the American worker from benefiting from the U.S. leading in global innovation and job creation and erect a patchwork of regulation. This is the ecosystem that is going to be the counterforce going into next year.”
In other words, this isn’t about minor policy t
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