Organisation
Leading the Future
Pro-AI US super PAC network backing candidates favourable to AI development and opposing those seeking tighter restrictions.
Leading the Future is a US pro-AI super PAC network launched in August 2025 to back candidates it sees as favourable to AI development and to oppose those pushing for tighter restrictions. Reporting by the Wall Street Journal and others said it was seeded with more than $100m from industry figures including the venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, with the effort explicitly modelled on the crypto super PAC Fairshake. The group has since targeted state-level AI-safety legislators, drawing criticism that industry money is being used to shape AI regulation.
- Category
- Policy, governance & think tanks
- Founded
- 2025
- HQ
- US
- Funding
- Reported at $100m+ (2025); backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Greg Brockman and Joe Lonsdale
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In the commentary
Pieces from around the web that discuss Leading the Future. External links.
- 11 June 2026 · Veronica Irwin · TransformerOpenAI isn’t being consistently candid about Leading the Future
- 13 May 2026 · Veronica Irwin · TransformerAn Oregon congresswoman distanced herself from Leading the Future — then backtracked
- 10 March 2026 · Veronica Irwin · TransformerBoth sides claim the lead in AI’s high-stakes midterm race