Numeric disclosures
$175,000,000This 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.
Donor profile
Leading the Future reported backers
Reported group of pro-AI donors including Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Greg Brockman, Anna Brockman, and other tech-sector backers.
Relationships
2Funding relationships, influence records, or campaign associations currently linked to this profile.
States
4State or national geographies attached to the records.
$125,000,000+raised / reported
Leading the Future reported backers -> Leading the Future
Reported broader pro-AI political network fundraising. Data center development is one component of the policy agenda, so this is not counted as direct data center campaign spending.
- Funding type
- Broader AI funding
- Money state
- raised
- Relevance
- broader ai policy
- Directness
- indirect
- Verification
- Verified secondary70/100
Editorial note
Use as broader AI political funding only unless FEC filings or campaign disclosures identify data-center-specific expenditures.
Source trail1. Super PAC aims to drown out AI critics in midterms, with $100M and countingWashington Post · secondary · checked 2026-09-082. Silicon Valley Launches Pro-AI PACs to Defend Industry in Midterm ElectionsWall Street Journal · secondary · checked 2026-09-083. AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data CentersSludge · secondary · checked 2026-09-08
$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
Leading the Future broader AI network funding
Broader pro-AI political fundraising is tracked separately from direct data center campaign spending.
Build American AI announces state campaign
Reported $50M cash on hand is labeled as available campaign capacity, not completed spending.