The PAC has previously funded conservative candidates in Georgia and Texas/North Carolina, with mixed results in Illinois and continued support for Rep. Andy Barr through the Kentucky general election.

Since its August 2025 launch, the group has raised over $125 million, with roughly $70 million cash on hand in early 2026, and recently added $25 million in a single quarter from Silicon Valley backers.

Plans call for about $140 million in spending during the 2026 midterms to push a federal AI regulatory framework and discourage a patchwork of state regulations.

The PAC began activity in 2025, with spending in primaries across Georgia, Montana, Iowa, and North Carolina, establishing a track record of contests where AI policy is central.

Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC tied to OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, is intensifying spending in Kentucky’s 2026 Senate race to back AI-friendly candidates and advocate for a national regulatory framework for artificial intelligence governance.

The strategy is to normalize AI adoption and frame AI’s economic benefits as a public good, aiming to build broad support for a national AI framework in Congress.

Policy goals center on two pillars: demonstrating AI’s economic benefits and creating a single national standard that preempts state AI rules.

In addition to its political spending, the affiliated nonprofit Build American AI plans to amplify efforts to shape broader U.S. AI policy discussions.

Polls suggest growing political risk of AI skepticism, with only about 18% of Americans aged 14 to 29 feeling hopeful about AI, signaling a potential challenge for AI-friendly messaging.

Polling cited by the group shows 52% of Americans expect AI to be beneficial, and 60% of Republicans view AI positively, indicating generally favorable sentiment among GOP voters.

In Kentucky, the group seeks to influence the general election after Rep. Andy Barr’s May 2026 primary win, supporting candidates who champion AI innovation and oppose state-level regulatory fragmentation.”

Backers include high-profile Silicon Valley figures, such as Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of a16z, underscoring strong financial support for the PAC’s mission.