AI-backed super PACs have spent over $27 million in New York's congressional primaries, borrowing crypto's political playbook to fight AI safety regulation.

The massive spending and heated rhetoric in midterm races reflect the AI industry's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.

Congressional primaries in three US states will likely be the crypto industry’s next proving ground for the 2026 election cycle after many of its supported candidates won races…

An OpenAI-affiliated PAC has spent over $7 million to defeat Alex Bores. An Anthropic-affiliated PAC has spent $10 million to boost Bores. What is going on?

Two factions in the AI industry are clashing in a Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat. New York Assemblyman Alex Bores, a pro-regulation candidate, faces opposition from a…

Companies are spending big to shape AI policies at the federal level. And the Manhattan House Democratic primary will be a test of where voters stand.

AI-backed super PACs have spent over $27 million in New York's congressional primaries, borrowing crypto's political playbook to fight AI safety regulation.

The New York primary race for the 12th district has national implications.

The elections will be a test for the industry’s ability to translate money into political power.

The NY-12 House race drew over $27m from various AI PACs. But it’s hard to unpick their impact.

OpenAI's Greg Brockman and Marc Andreessen spent $29M on a NYC congressional primary through the Leading the Future super PAC, reshaping AI regulation

The PAC backed by OpenAI's president won it's fight against the candidate, but it didn't win the whole race.

AI money is now a significant part of the election landscape.