Follow the AI money

AI Money
Tracker

A super PAC called Leading the Future — bankrolled by the founders and executives of OpenAI, a16z and Palantir — is spending $140 million+ to shape a Congress that won't regulate AI. This tracker exposes how Big AI has spent to influence federal elections.

Tell your representative: Don't take money from Big AI ▼

The Money Map

2026 Independent Expenditures

Where Leading the Future is spending right now. Its money runs through two arms — Think Big in Democratic races and American Mission in Republican ones. Circle size = dollars; 🤖 = endorsements; green checks = pledge signatories in the districts they represent or are running in. Source: aimoneywatch.org.

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Reading the map

Spent for a Democrat
Spent for a Republican
Spent against (targeted)
Endorsed by the PAC
Signed the pledge

The Watchlist

LTF spending & endorsements

Every federal candidate and officeholder that Leading the Future has spent for or publicly endorsed — and, in green, everyone who has signed the pledge to refuse its money. Badges: robot LTF endorsee · ◎ a candidate LTF is spending against. Click any row for the receipts.

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Backed by Big AI

Leading the Future spent for them, endorsed them — or is spending against them
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LTF money

Signed the Pledge

Candidates and members of Congress who pledged to refuse every dollar from Leading the Future
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How the list is built. LISTED received independent-expenditure support from Leading the Future / Think Big / American Mission, or a public LTF endorsement — or, marked with ◎, is a candidate LTF is spending against. Every entry is backed by specific FEC records (click the row). Source: aimoneywatch.org.
PLEDGED signed the Bleeding the Future pledge to refuse all money and outside spending from Leading the Future. Source: Who's Signed.

Make the Call

Tell them to refuse the money

Pick your member of Congress. We'll pull up their record and write you a ready-to-send message and a 20-second phone script — telling them to sign the pledge and reject Leading the Future's money.

No luck? Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your member's office.
✉ Message & 📞 call script