AI Super PACs Are Unleashing Millions to Tilt Primaries in Their Favor
So far, the industry groups have won nearly all the races they’ve thrown their money at, helping to advance allies who could help shape AI legislation in the next Congress.
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These State Pension Funds Invest in Palantir
Public pension funds from California to New York hold a combined billions of dollars in Palantir stock, while teachers and other public employees protest their retirement savings funding the tech powering ICE operations.
AI Lobbyists Are Flying Congressional Staffers Around the Country on Luxury Trips
The Innovative Future Collective, packed with corporate lobbyists for AI industry giants like OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, has been paying for House and Senate staff trips to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London.
AI Boom on K Street: One in Four Lobbyists Now Work on AI
A new Public Citizen report analyzes lobbying disclosures for 2025 and finds that lobbying on AI issues has skyrocketed.
Dem Governors Gathered With AI Lobbyists Ahead of Trump Preemption EO
OpenAI and Meta were among the tech companies that sent lobbyists to the Democratic Governors Association's annual meeting, according to a list obtained by Sludge.
The Democrats’ New AI Panel Is Led by Big Tech Allies
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of the AI commission, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
Congressional Staff Mingled With AI Giants Over Summer Break
House and Senate staffers were given sponsored trips over their August recess to attend conferences and company tours with Google, Meta, Palantir, and SpaceX.
AI Industry Picks up Crypto’s Big Money Playbook
A new AI industry group, Leading the Future, has amassed $100 million from heavy hitters like Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI with aims to knock off candidates who favor stricter regulation.
Cleo Fields Voted to Deregulate Crypto While Investing in Related Tech Companies
The Louisiana Democrat bought stock this summer in a major Ethereum treasury company as well as tech firms venturing into stablecoins.
Meta Bulks Up Lobbying Power to Head Off Possible Break Up
The company spent a record high amount on lobbying in the first quarter ahead of its FTC antitrust trial—and brought on a new squad of Republican lobbyists.