Numeric disclosures
$50,000,000This total combines only disclosed numeric values on this page. Read each relationship's verb, directness, and relevance label before comparing it with any other category.
State campaign profile
Build American AI state campaign
Pro-AI/data-center state campaign beginning in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Relationships
1Funding relationships, influence records, or campaign associations currently linked to this profile.
States
3State or national geographies attached to the records.
$50,000,000cash on hand / reported
Leading the Future reported backers -> Build American AI
Campaign: Build American AI state campaign
Reported cash on hand for advertising, grassroots engagement, public education, research, and earned media beginning in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
- Funding type
- Broader AI funding
- Money state
- cash on hand
- Relevance
- grassroots
- Directness
- direct
- Verification
- Verified secondary75/100
Editorial note
Record as available/committed campaign capacity, not proof that the full amount has been spent.
Source trail1. Exclusive: AI advocacy group launches data center push in battleground statesAxios · secondary · checked 2026-09-082. OpenAI and a16z Leaders Are Spending $50 Million to Persuade These 3 States to Build Giant AI Data CentersInc. · secondary · checked 2026-09-083. AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data CentersSludge · secondary · checked 2026-09-08
Build American AI announces state campaign
Reported $50M cash on hand is labeled as available campaign capacity, not completed spending.