{"id":213683,"date":"2026-02-14T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/why-openai-says-it-isnt-spending-on-super-pacs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T05:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:20:08","slug":"why-openai-says-it-isnt-spending-on-super-pacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/why-openai-says-it-isnt-spending-on-super-pacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why OpenAI says it isn\u2019t spending on Super PACs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/finance\/why-openai-says-isn-t-010603752.html\">Why OpenAI says it isn\u2019t spending on Super PACs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/finance\/why-openai-says-isn-t-010603752.html\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/finance\/why-openai-says-isn-t-010603752.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-14 09:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aol.com\">www.aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Lehane, Head of Global Affairs Office, OpenAI. International Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence at the Grand Palais in Paris on February 10, 2025. &#8211; Isa Harsin\/SIPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>AI company Anthropic announced this week it is giving $20 million to a political group campaigning for more regulation of the technology \u2013 but its main rival, OpenAI, is telling its employees it won\u2019t be making similar donations.<\/p>\n<p>In a memo to staff on Thursday, OpenAI\u2019s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane said that while OpenAI allows its employees to \u201cexpress their ideological beliefs in terms of who they support,\u201d the company itself won\u2019t be making similar moves anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI is not yet contributing to political action committees or 501(c)(4) social-welfare nonprofits because OpenAI wants to retain control of its political spending, Lehane told CNN in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do believe it\u2019s really important that this issue transcends partisan politics,\u201d Lehane said.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes are especially high this year. Both Anthropic and OpenAI are reportedly mulling what could be blockbuster initial public offerings this year, while Congress is working to craft the rules of the road for industry for the next decade or longer. And as the midterm elections approach, voters are increasingly worried about the consequences of AI development, from energy bills to privacy to job loss.<\/p>\n<p>Though OpenAI is not making super PAC donations, its executives and biggest investors have made major contributions. President and co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, have donated $25 million to a super PAC that supports President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Brockman, as well as several of OpenAI\u2019s top investors, have collectively donated more than $100 million to a bipartisan super PAC called Leading the Future that advocates against state-level AI regulation in favor of a national regulatory framework, which Lehane acknowledged in his memo to staff. 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