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Greg Brockman Cancels Planned $25 Million Follow-Up Gift to Pro-AI Super PAC

September 30, 2026 at 18:02 EDT

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OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman has canceled a planned $25 million follow-up donation to Leading the Future, the pro-AI super PAC he had previously helped bankroll, after telling employees the group had become a distraction for the company. The reversal puts one of the AI industry's most visible political funding efforts back under scrutiny as regulation of frontier AI becomes a major U.S. election issue.

Sep. 30, 2026 · OpenAI policy funding

Brockman halts a $25M AI PAC follow-up

The planned second donation to Leading the Future was canceled after the group became an internal distraction. The decision shifts attention from one donor to the wider fight over who shapes AI rules.

$25M

planned gift halted

$25M

earlier LTF gift

$75.8M

main LTF receipts

$40M

Anthropic support

AI policy money, shown to scale

Each stacked block represents about $10 million.

$75.8M

Leading the Future main committee

$40M

Anthropic support for Public First Action

How the flashpoint formed

Prior giftBrockman backed LTF

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Follow-up plannedanother $25M

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Internal concernseen as a distraction

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Gift canceledpressure eases, fight remains

Pro-innovation case

Supporters say a national AI framework can reduce conflicting state rules, protect U.S. leadership and keep deployment moving.

Guardrails case

Critics say massive political spending risks weakening transparency, safety standards and public accountability.

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