VC firm Andreessen Horowitz joins $100 million effort to shape AI regulation

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is joining other major Silicon Valley investors in backing a new $100 million political network that seeks to influence US artificial intelligence policy, deepening the tech industry’s involvement in politics under President Donald Trump.

The group, called Leading the Future, plans to target what it sees as unnecessary regulation and support “policies that unlock the transformative and economic benefits of AI,” through a network of political-action committees, according to a press release.

Other early backers of the effort include AI search startup Perplexity, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman and his wife Anna, and longtime tech investors Ron Conway and Joe Lonsdale. The group’s network of PACs plans to raise significantly more capital in the coming weeks.


Political strategists Zac Moffatt, founder of political marketing and strategy firm Targeted Victory, and Josh Vlasto, a partner at Bamberger & Vlasto, are leading the effort. Moffatt served as digital director for Republican Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, and Vlasto previously served as press secretary to Democrat Chuck Schumer.

The PACs mark Silicon Valley’s latest attempt to steer US policy-making in its favor, especially on AI. Andreessen Horowitz, in particular, has been increasingly vocal in Washington, promoting a pro-startup playbook it calls the “Little Tech Agenda,” and advocating against federal and state AI regulation. The firm has also donated to the pro-crypto super PAC Fairshake.

Collin McCune, the head of government affairs at Andreessen Horowitz and a key organizer of Leading the Future, described the initiative as a push to protect US competitiveness in AI. In a post on X, he wrote: “If we don’t have the right policies, we risk ceding the future of AI — and with it, America’s economic strength and national security.”

“Policymakers in Washington and our state capitals are weighing thousands of proposals right now that could make it impossible to build,” McCune added. “The only way to counter entrenched interests and outdated thinking is to make sure builders have a voice at the table.”