Pro-AI Super PAC spent $100M, but didn't sway midterms

leading the future, a pro-ai super pac network backed by silicon valley billionaires including andreessen horowitz, palantir co-founder joe lonsdale, and openai's greg brockman, started with a $100m war chest. despite its aggressive stance against ai regulation, the network mostly funded safe candidates and had limited impact on the midterms. leading the future spent around $26m in independent expenditures on primaries and $10m in the general election. its funding dropped off, with zero donations reported in the second and third quarters. the network still has $20m left and plans to engage in the 2026 election cycle.