According to CoinMeta, and as reported by Reuters, the super political action committees supported by the AI industry, namely Leading, the, and Future, have raised $140 million to influence the 2026 U.S. midterms, which is approximately 70% of the campaign spending of crypto industry advocates during the previous U.S. presidential election cycle, which was around $200 million. Supporters of Leading, the, and Future include the president of OpenAI, the founder of Andreessen Horowitz, among others. Meanwhile, Public First Action and associated groups, supported by Anthropic, have prepared about $80 million to promote AI risk prevention measures.