Overview

• More than $100 million has been pledged by backers including Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI’s Greg and Anna Brockman, Ron Conway, Joe Lonsdale, and Perplexity.
• Initial spending will target state contests in New York, California, Illinois, and Ohio before expanding to federal races ahead of the 2026 cycle.
• The group plans to use campaign contributions and digital advertising to support candidates aligned with a pro‑innovation agenda and to oppose those favoring stricter AI curbs.
• Strategists Zak Moffatt and Josh Vlasto are helping direct the operation, which explicitly models tactics used by the crypto‑aligned Fairshake PAC.
• Organizers say the goal is to preserve U.S. leadership in AI and avoid state‑by‑state rules, with materials describing an intent to craft a bipartisan policy platform.