VC-backed Super PAC Launches Data-Center Ad Campaign Targeting Midterm Voters
Build American AI, linked to the Leading the Future super PAC funded by Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman, will spend millions on ads promoting data centers in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin ahead of the midterms.
Build American AI, a newly created organization affiliated with the Leading the Future super PAC, announced a multi-million-dollar advertising drive that will highlight the advantages of data-center projects in the battleground states of Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin. Leading the Future launched with more than $50 million and is heavily financed by venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, as well as OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife Anna.
The super PAC has a history of donating to candidates who support artificial-intelligence initiatives while opposing those who resist the technology. In a June blog post, OpenAI clarified that it does not direct LTF’s activities and condemned its use of astroturfing tactics. This initiative adds to a broader wave of Silicon-Valley political spending, including Anthropic’s backing of Public First Action, which advocates AI regulation, and Andreessen Horowitz’s status as the largest disclosed donor to the midterm races, surpassing figures like Elon Musk and George Soros. The venture firm is also funneling money into the crypto-oriented super PAC Fairshake.
Why it matters
The campaign shows how venture-backed groups are shaping voter opinions on AI infrastructure ahead of crucial elections.
How the sides frame it
LOW AGREEMENTCenter coverage stresses the venture-capital financing and OpenAI’s disclaimer about astroturfing, while right-leaning coverage highlights the campaign’s economic benefits and calls for “responsible” policies that protect ratepayers, water and electricity.
CENTER
Frames the ad push as a VC-backed effort with OpenAI distancing itself from astroturfing tactics.
RIGHT
Frames the ad push as promoting economic upside and consumer-protective, “responsible” data-center policies.
The right emphasises
- spend millions to influence state and local data-center policy
- highlight economic upside while urging rules that protect residential ratepayers, water supplies and electricity rates
- funded by OpenAI co-founder Greg and Anna Brockman and venture capital firm
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