Aspen Policy Academy

This article originally appeared on The Daily Upside on August 28, 2025.

By Nat Rubio-Licht

The regulatory landscape around AI may become even more uncertain as Silicon Valley heavyweights invest in curbing the imposition of new rules.

Industry leaders are putting more than $100 million into political-action committees advocating against AI regulation, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week. VC firm Andreessen Horowitz and Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, are helping launch an AI-focused super-PAC network called Leading the Future that will back campaigns against candidates and policies that seek to regulate the technology.

Meta, meanwhile, is preparing to spend tens of millions on its own political arm with a similar focus called Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, aiming to support candidates who favor light-touch regulation, according to POLITICO.

“It’s a signal that companies want to be more involved in the AI regulatory conversation,” said Betsy Cooper, executive director for the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. “The divide between Silicon Valley and DC is starting to close.”