The “guerilla warrior” who taught OpenAI to fight
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Chris Lehane crushed crypto’s enemies. Now the self-described “master of disaster” is deploying the same playbook to advance OpenAI’s interests
The “guerilla warrior” who taught OpenAI to fight Chris Lehane crushed crypto’s enemies. Now the self-described “master of disaster” is deploying the same playbook to advance OpenAI’s interests Mar 03, 2026 34 3 8 Share Chris Lehane in 2016. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images by Issie Lapowsky In October 2024, The New Yorker published an extensive profile of Chris Lehane, documenting how the longtime Democratic operative architected the crypto industry’s successful takedown of anti-crypto candidates during the 2024 election. The story depicted Lehane as a cunning and well-connected master of
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