Tech / AI
Big Tech, AI labs, and their PACs lobbying on antitrust, content moderation, AI regulation, and TikTok.
Tracked PAC receipts
$2,870,112
Tracked PAC giving
$3,366,000
Independent expenditures
$0
LDA lobbying spend
$105,553,533
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors put $3M into 10 sector PACs tracked here, led by Amazon PAC, FAIR SHOT PAC, Meta Platforms PAC.
IIThose PACs spent $3M supporting candidates and on independent expenditures, with the top tracked recipients being DSCC, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including Kids Online Safety Act (S.1409, 118th Congress); CHIPS and Science Act; American Privacy Rights Act (H.R.8818, 118th Congress).
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Top sector PACs (by tracked giving)
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon PACpac | $915K |
| 2 | FAIR SHOT PACpac | $780K |
| 3 | Meta Platforms PACpac | $441K |
| 4 | PINEAPPLE PACpac | $345K |
| 5 | ACROSS THE AISLE PACpac | $282K |
| 6 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC, AKA CISCO SYSTEMS EPACpac | $211K |
| 7 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $151K |
| 8 | ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ANDURIL PAC)pac | $138K |
| 9 | SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PAC (SIAPAC)pac | $51K |
| 10 | SALESFORCE.COM INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $44K |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simonperson | $76K |
| 2 | PERRY, CLAIREperson | $29K |
| 3 | Jordan, Jimperson | $25K |
| 4 | STRYKER, PATperson | $24K |
| 5 | EARHART, ANNE Gperson | $23K |
| 6 | WEINHOLTZ, MICHAELperson | $20K |
| 7 | Haim Sabanperson | $20K |
| 8 | LOWY, PETERperson | $20K |
| 9 | REINHARD, ELIperson | $20K |
| 10 | SCHMIDT, ERICperson | $20K |
Top recipients of sector PAC spending
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DSCCpac | $378K |
| 2 | DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDpac | $195K |
| 3 | DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEpac | $90K |
| 4 | Nrsc Legal Proceedings Fundorganization | $60K |
| 5 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUNDpac | $45K |
| 6 | DELBENE FOR CONGRESSpac | $43K |
| 7 | CMTE. FOR HISPANIC CAUSES/BUILDING OUR LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY PAC (BOLD PAC)pac | $40K |
| 8 | EQUALITY PACpac | $40K |
| 9 | ANGUS KING FOR U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGNpac | $36K |
| 10 | KAPTUR FOR CONGRESSpac | $32K |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids Online Safety Act (S.1409, 118th Congress) legislation · passed | 15 |
| 2 | CHIPS and Science Act legislation · enacted | 10 |
| 3 | American Privacy Rights Act (H.R.8818, 118th Congress) legislation · introduced | 9 |
| 4 | GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S legislation · enacted | 6 |
| 5 | FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act legislation · enacted | 6 |
| 6 | Preventing the Improper Use of CHIPS Act Funding regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 7 | Preventing the Improper Use of CHIPS Act Funding; Revised Definition of “Materia regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 8 | Preventing the Improper Use of CHIPS Act Funding regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 9 | CHIPS for America Incentives Program Webinar on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking fo regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 10 | Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extra regulation · introduced · amended | 5 |
Methodology
Industry-level totals are computed by summing donations and lobbying filings where the donor, recipient, or client is tagged with the tech_ai sector. Numbers reflect QPQ-tracked totals only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete. Click any entity to see its full profile with the breakdown of tracked vs FEC cycle totals.