AI super PAC aligned with Techno-Optimist Manifesto
webRelevant 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 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 , 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 .
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 tweaks. It’s about winning the AI future and avoiding what they view as a catastrophic slowdown.
A Manifesto for the Movement
The philosophical engine behind all this? According to Roetzer, it’s The Techno-Optimist Manifesto released by Andreessen Horowitz in 2023.
Penned by Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen, the manifesto reads like a rallying cry for unfettered innovation. It champions growth, technology, and huma
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