Leading the Future
- Type
- Campaign
- Place
- United States — United States — federal and increasingly state races.
- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
- Next check due
- 2027-03-21
Ways to reach them
- Action page
What they ask for — in their own terms
Elect politicians who will keep AI lightly regulated, and secure a single federal framework that pre-empts state AI laws.
What they do
Super PAC network formed 15 August 2025, led by Zac Moffatt (R) and Josh Vlasto (D). Endorses and spends in both parties' primaries; affiliated vehicles include Build American AI (advocacy nonprofit), American Mission PAC and Think Big PAC. Targeted New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, author of the RAISE Act.
What a newcomer can do
Nothing to join — this is the opposition. Look up its spending in your race on AI Money Watch before you vote or volunteer for a candidate.
Worth knowing
UNVERIFIED against the PAC's own site — figures here come from Wikipedia, Forbes, CNBC and the FEC-based AI Money Watch tracker, and 'raised', 'pledged' and 'cash on hand' are different numbers that press coverage often conflates. Reported controversies include an AI-generated news site using fake journalist personas (April 2026), $5,000-per-video payments to influencers pushing a China-threat message (May 2026), and an FEC complaint over shell-company payments (May 2026) — all allegations reported by third parties.
Tips
no
Where they work
United States — federal and increasingly state races.
Size
Very large relative to every safety organisation on this list combined.
Spending
$100M+ at launch; over $140 million raised per public reporting, with Andreessen Horowitz alone above $50 million by April 2026; FEC-derived tracker shows $75.5M raised and ~$70M cash on hand in January 2026. Funders reported to include a16z, OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Joe Lonsdale and Perplexity.