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the ai industry is spending hundreds of millions to shape who controls congress in 2026. two networks are at war: one wants to block state regulation, one wants to require it. this is the public record.

leading the future
pro-innovation / anti-state-regulation · a16z-backed
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public first
pro-regulation / anthropic-backed · $20m seed
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leading the future

C00916114
pro-innovation leading the future network
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parent fund. backed by andreessen horowitz, greg brockman (openai), joe lonsdale (palantir). opposes state-level ai regulation.

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recent independent expenditures

think big

C00923417
pro-innovation leading the future network
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democrat-facing arm of leading the future. targets democratic primaries to elect candidates aligned with federal-only ai governance.

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recent independent expenditures

american mission

C00916692
pro-innovation leading the future network
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republican-facing arm of leading the future. targets republican primaries to elect candidates aligned with federal-only ai governance.

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recent independent expenditures

jobs and democracy pac

C00928374
pro-regulation public first network
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democrat-facing arm of public first. backed by anthropic ($20m via public first action 501c4). targets democratic primaries to elect candidates who support federal ai safety legislation.

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recent independent expenditures

defending our values pac

C00928390
pro-regulation public first network
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republican-facing arm of public first. backed by anthropic ($20m via public first action 501c4). targets republican primaries to elect candidates who support federal ai safety legislation.

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recent independent expenditures
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as of april 2026, the leading the future network has raised a combined [update from fec data] for the 2026 midterms across three committees: leading the future (C00916114), think big (C00923417), and american mission (C00916692). the public first network, backed by a $20 million anthropic donation via the public first action 501c4, has raised a combined [update from fec data] across two committees: jobs and democracy pac (C00928374) and defending our values pac (C00928390). both networks are actively spending in congressional primaries.

methodology

data sourced directly from api.open.fec.gov. updated daily at 9am utc via cloudflare workers scheduled cron. this is an autonomous, append-only public log. on fetch errors, prior data is preserved — no data is wiped on failure. maintained by sat singh / sunshinefm, broadcasting from the coachella valley since january 2026.