Overview

• Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI president Greg Brockman are steering more than $100 million into a new super-PAC network called Leading the Future, according to multiple reports.
• Initial operations are planned in New York, California, Illinois, and Ohio, with efforts focused on key contests that could shape AI policy.
• The network intends to use campaign contributions and digital advertising to advance favorable rules for AI development and to oppose candidates viewed as restrictive.
• Backers seek to avoid a patchwork of state regulations after an industry-backed 10-year moratorium on state AI laws was rejected earlier this year.
• Organizers plan to emulate the Fairshake pro-crypto strategy and generally align with White House adviser David Sacks’ stance, with supporters reported to include Perplexity and investor Ron Conway.