Leading the Future (LTF) is an American super PAC network focused on lobbying for policies friendly to the artificial intelligence industry. It launched in 2025 and received over $140 million from industry stakeholders including Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.[1] It operates the American Mission PAC in Republican primaries, the Think Big PAC in Democratic primaries, and the offshoot Build American AI.
OpenAI Says It’s Not Responsible for the Leading the Future Super PAC. But Only Its Employees Seem to Believe That. — LessWrong
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Leading the Future network | Tech Influence Watch
Committees, donors, and election spending across the Leading the Future PAC network.
dave kasten on Twitter / X
It's really important for OpenAI folks to know that in DC, LTF is seen as the real voice of OpenAI, not Global Affairs folks. Everyone in DC AI policy routinely hears Congressional offices say "OpenAI wants" and then describe what LTF wants, because it's funded by your C-suite.— dave kasten (@David_Kasten) April 24, 2026
The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies
Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle.
AI Industry Super PAC Enters Midterm Elections With a $70 Million War Chest
The Leading the Future super PAC and its affiliates are attempting to steer AI regulations in their favor.
Who Funds the Future?
The venture capitalist Marc Andreessen plans “what will happen in the next ten, twenty, thirty years,” as if he were glancing at his Google calendar.
Think tank tied to tech billionaires played key role in Biden’s AI order
Researchers from the RAND Corporation — which took more than $15 million this year from a group financed by a Facebook co-founder — were a driving force behind the White House’s sweeping new AI reporting requirements.
The Next Frontier: Sam Altman on the Future of A.I. and Society
Bellingcat Analysis: Google Ads Run By AI-Backed Super PACs Ahead of US Midterms 2026
Bellingcat Analysis: FEC Data on AI Super PAC Ahead of US Midterms 2026
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington
A sprawling network spread across Congress, federal agencies and think tanks is pushing policymakers to put AI apocalypse at the top of the agenda — potentially boxing out other worries and benefiting top AI companies with ties to the network.
America’s Seed Fund – NSF SBIR/STTR | NSF SBIR
America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation (NSF SBIR/STTR) supports startups with research and development funding to create technologies.
Joshua Achiam on Twitter / X
There is a fact about the future that I feel many people are not facing for reasons that are largely psychological: there are going to be rogue AIs that exist in the world, that will replicate in the wild, and that will attempt to acquire resources for themselves. There will be…— Joshua Achiam (@jachiam0) September 1, 2026
Public First network | Tech Influence Watch
Committees, donors, and election spending across the Public First PAC network.
OpenAI creates new unit with $4 billion investment to aid corporate AI push
OpenAI said on Monday it is setting up a new company with more than $4 billion in initial investment to help organizations build and deploy artificial intelligence systems, and will acquire an AI consulting firm, Tomoro, to quickly scale up the unit. After its early models saw strong resonance with consumers, OpenAI has been working aggressively to sign corporate contracts and establish a large presence in the business world where its AI will see large-scale deployment. The new firm, called OpenAI Deployment Company, will help the ChatGPT maker embed engineers specializing in frontier AI deployment into organizations that will then work closely with various teams to identify where AI can make the biggest impact, OpenAI said.