AI companies and their investors have put roughly $ 185 M into the 2026 US midterms through a network of competing Political Action Committees (PACs). Most of the advertising funded by these groups doesn't mention AI; rather, it focuses on healthcare, cost of living, and corruption. The policy agenda and the campaign message are kept separate, making it incredibly difficult and murky to understand who is behind what.
I wanted a single place where someone could see the full picture of who's spending, who they're backing or opposing, and what AI legislation is actually at stake without needing to dig through FEC filings. I couldn't find one that was aimed at regular voters rather than journalists or activists, so I built it.
What it covers:
- 25 federal candidates with confirmed AI PAC spending
- 5 state battlegrounds where Meta and others are spending on state legislature races
- 7 PAC networks tracked with sourced financial data
- Plain-language explainers on AI policy issues (jobs, elections, safety, privacy, national security)
- A timeline of how AI political spending escalated from August 2025 to now
One thing worth flagging for this community: Anthropic's $20M donation to Public First Action is legally restricted to education and public awareness; it cannot fund election spending. The actual source of Public First's affiliated super PAC spending ($3.48M to date) has not been publicly disclosed.
The data is sourced from FEC filings, Transformer News, ElectHumans, OpenSecrets, and verified reporting from Axios, CNBC, TechCrunch, and others. The site doesn't endorse candidates or parties.
I'm updating it as new filings come in. If anyone has data I'm missing, corrections, or connections to people covering this beat tips@aivoteguide.org.