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Pro-AI Super PAC Spends $4 Million on AI Ads

By Drooid · Oct 19, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

AI Super PAC Spending

Rob Flaherty and Karthik Ganapathy launched super PAC Tomorrow Together, spending $4 million on AI ads in battleground House races.
Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future has spent nearly $45 million and retains $31 million per FEC filings.
Top Democrats on committees are willing to press AI firms over tax credits and hacking incidents.
President Donald Trump opposes most AI regulation, favoring an accelerationist approach.

Summary

Senate Leadership Fund Raises

Senate Leadership Fund raised a record $272.9 million July-September, outpacing Democrats by $122 million.
Democratic Senate Majority PAC raised a record $151 million in Q3, ending September with $112 million cash.
Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna contributed about $16 million and Reid Hoffman $11.5 million to a pro-Democrat super PAC.
Senate Leadership Fund funneled $158 million into a Texas PAC backing Paxton, per FEC filings.

History

Historical Context

After the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, Justice Kennedy’s opinion removed limits on corporate and union independent expenditures, paving the way for super PACs created by Speechnow.org v. FEC. Spending by non-partisan independent groups surged to $4.5 billion from 2010-2020, and today AI-driven super PACs such as Tomorrow Together channel tech billionaire donations into battleground races.

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AI Super PAC Spending

Rob Flaherty and Karthik Ganapathy launched super PAC Tomorrow Together, spending $4 million on AI ads in battleground House races.
Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future has spent nearly $45 million and retains $31 million per FEC filings.
Top Democrats on committees are willing to press AI firms over tax credits and hacking incidents.
President Donald Trump opposes most AI regulation, favoring an accelerationist approach.

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