--- title: What AI companies want for their midterm millions description: AI companies and their investors are channeling hundreds of millions of dollars into the 2026 US midterm elections via super PACs, primarily to push for a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-ai-companies-want-for-their-midterm-millions-obr7tmhs7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What AI companies want for their midterm millions | daily.dev og:description: AI companies and their investors are channeling hundreds of millions of dollars into the 2026 US midterm elections via super PACs, primarily to push for a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-ai-companies-want-for-their-midterm-millions-obr7tmhs7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OBr7tmhs7.png og:image:alt: What AI companies want for their midterm millions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What AI companies want for their midterm millions **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI companies and their investors are channeling hundreds of millions of dollars into the 2026 US midterm elections via super PACs, primarily to push for a single national AI regulatory framework that would preempt state-level laws. Leading the Future, backed by a16z founders and OpenAI's Greg Brockman with $25m each, and Innovation Council Action (pledging ~$100m) are the main vehicles. The spending surge follows the Senate's 99-1 vote to strip a federal preemption provision, forcing the industry to take its fight to the ballot box. Not all AI firms are aligned — Anthropic restricted its $20m contribution to policy education rather than political campaigning. Critics label the wave 'dark money' and warn of corporations shaping regulation before the technology is fully understood. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Schneier on Security](https://daily.dev/posts/schneier-on-security-ethiilnb5) · Schneier on Security · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenAI’s top strategist calls the state-by-state route reverse federalism. 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