Tech / AI
Big Tech, AI labs, and their PACs lobbying on antitrust, content moderation, AI regulation, and TikTok.
Tracked receipts of sector PACs
$113,310,928
Direct giving to candidates
$6,810,244
IE supporting candidates
$56,262,775
IE opposing candidates
$10,241,615
Transfers to other committees
$50,367,284
LDA reported lobbying spend
$624,659,303
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors outside the sector gave $113M in tracked direct contributions to the 69 sector PACs tracked here, led by Jobs and Democracy PAC, American Mission, Think Big.
IIThose PACs gave $7M directly to candidates; spent $56M in independent expenditures supporting candidates; spent $10M against candidates; transferred $50M to other committees ($48M of it to other PACs in this sector). The top tracked candidates by direct giving plus IE support were Alexander Bores, Darline Graham, Valerie P. Foushee.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including Kids Online Safety Act (S.1409, 118th Congress); American Privacy Rights Act (H.R.8818, 118th Congress); CHIPS and Science Act.
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Top sector PACs (69 tracked)
| # | Name | Direct to candidates | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jobs and Democracy PACpac | $0 | $18M |
| 2 | American Missionpac | $0 | $15M |
| 3 | Think Bigpac | $0 | $10M |
| 4 | Defending Our Values PACpac | $0 | $6M |
| 5 | You Can Push Backpac | $0 | $4M |
| 6 | Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across (Meta) Californiapac | $0 | $3M |
| 7 | Amazon PACpac | $2M | $0 |
| 8 | Google/Alphabet NetPACpac | $1M | $0 |
| 9 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPACpac | $1M | $0 |
| 10 | Meta Platforms PACpac | $449K | $0 |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Direct contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Andreessenperson | $25M |
| 2 | HOROWITZ, BENperson | $25M |
| 3 | PUBLIC FIRST ACTION INC.organization | $19M |
| 4 | Greg Brockmanperson | $13M |
| 5 | Anna Brockmanperson | $13M |
| 6 | PUBLIC FIRST ACTIONorganization | $6M |
| 7 | Christian Larsenperson | $5M |
| 8 | Peter Lofgrenperson | $1M |
| 9 | Dario Amodeiperson | $1M |
| 10 | Jan Leikeperson | $605K |
Top candidates by sector PAC money
| # | Name | Direct from sector PACs | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Boresperson | $0 | $18M |
| 2 | Darline Grahamperson | $0 | $2M |
| 3 | Valerie P. Fousheeperson | $0 | $2M |
| 4 | DE LA CRUZ, CARLOS JR.person | $0 | $1M |
| 5 | Jesse L Jackson Jr.person | $0 | $1M |
| 6 | Scott Sakakihara (California State Senate, SD-10)person | $0 | $1M |
| 7 | Kevin Hernperson | $0 | $1M |
| 8 | Julia Letlowperson | $0 | $1M |
| 9 | Melissa Luburich Beanperson | $0 | $1M |
| 10 | Ben Mcadamsperson | $0 | $1M |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids Online Safety Act (S.1409, 118th Congress) legislation · passed | 14 |
| 2 | American Privacy Rights Act (H.R.8818, 118th Congress) legislation · introduced | 12 |
| 3 | CHIPS and Science Act legislation · enacted | 7 |
| 4 | SCC final order in Dominion's 2025 biennial review: $565.7M rate increase and th regulation · challenged | 6 |
| 5 | Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure executive_order · enacted | 5 |
| 6 | Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (TikTok legislation · enacted | 4 |
| 7 | American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S.2992, 117th Congress) legislation · introduced | 4 |
| 8 | FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act legislation · enacted | 4 |
| 9 | National Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670) legislation · enacted | 4 |
| 10 | PUC Order 24-447 (UE 433): PacifiCorp rate case, initial requirements for very l regulation · challenged | 3 |
Methodology
Sector PACs are the PAC-typed entities tagged tech_ai minus candidate, party and leadership committees (excluded by FEC designation and name rule). Every dollar figure counts only donation rows that pass the standard exclusions (no conduit memos, self-transfers, unverified name matches, quarantined or superseded rows). Direct contributions, independent expenditures supporting, independent expenditures opposing, transfers to other committees and LDA lobbying are reported as separate figures and never added together. Receipts count donors outside the sector only, so a super PAC funding its own affiliated committees is not counted twice. Lobbying amounts cover every issue on each LDA filing. Numbers reflect QPQ Tracker rows only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete.