Greg Brockman
OpenAI co-founder and president; primary backer of the Leading the Future anti-regulation PAC.
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Why is an OpenAI co-founder spending $100m on congressional races that never mention AI?
Timeline for Greg Brockman
Backed Leading the Future PAC with over $100 million in the 2026 midterms
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: AI super PACs spend $150m on primariesCo-backed the Leading the Future super PAC targeting pro-regulation midterm candidates
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: AI industry raises $125M v. regulatorsWhat is Greg Brockman doing in the 2026 midterms?
Who is Greg Brockman at OpenAI?
Why is Greg Brockman funding a PAC that opposes AI regulation?
Background
Greg Brockman is a co-founder and president of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and GPT-4. He is the primary individual backer of Leading the Future, an AI industry super PAC opposing federal AI regulation that has committed over $100 million to the 2026 midterm cycle alongside Andreessen Horowitz and Joe Lonsdale. In the 2 June 2026 primaries the PAC spent against pro-regulation candidates in California and Montana; the 27 June Louisiana runoff is its next target.
Brockman's involvement positions Leading the Future as the industry vehicle for electing members of Congress likely to block federal AI oversight, in direct competition with Anthropic-backed Public First Action, which favours regulation. The PAC runs congressional advertising on healthcare, immigration, and jobs with no mention of artificial intelligence, making the funding source and agenda invisible to voters.
Brockman's political move reflects his view that voluntary self-regulation better serves AI development than federal legislation. His personal commitment to the PAC, alongside Andreessen Horowitz's institutional backing, represents the anti-regulatory wing of the AI industry making its most direct electoral intervention to date.
