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Anthropic donates $40 Million to Public First Action PAC

7/27/2026

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Public First Action, the super-PAC arm of Public First, reported raising $80 million by June, including $40 million from Anthropic.
Anthropic contributed $20 million in February, another $20 million in July, and a $1 million donation from its CEO Dario Amodei.
Jan Leike, head of Anthropic’s Alignment Science team, donated $100,000 and $400,000 to Public First.
Jobs and Democracy PAC spent under $20 million, mainly $15 million on Bores and $1.6 million on Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC).

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Public First Action, the super-PAC arm of Public First, reported raising $80 million by June, including $40 million from Anthropic.
Anthropic contributed $20 million in February, another $20 million in July, and a $1 million donation from its CEO Dario Amodei.
Jan Leike, head of Anthropic’s Alignment Science team, donated $100,000 and $400,000 to Public First.
Jobs and Democracy PAC spent under $20 million, mainly $15 million on Bores and $1.6 million on Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC).