Meet the super PAC trying to kill AI regulation

A new super PAC network looks set to spend millions to influence AI regulation

AI embraces crypto’s dirty politics A new super PAC network looks set to spend millions to influence AI regulation Shakeel Hashim Aug 26, 2025 15 2 1 Share Image: Leading the Future The AI industry has already shown an appetite for dirty lobbying tactics, but things look set to get even worse. On Monday, Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Perplexity, and investors Ron Conway and Joe Lonsdale launched Leading the Future, a new network of super PACs and 501c(4)s to “organize political support and elect pro-innovation candidates at scale.” Leading the Future is launching with more than

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