Guardrails Action has conducted extensive research around Leading the Future and the influence of AI money in politics — to better understand who is behind the deluge of corporate AI super PAC spending and how voters are feeling about AI issues. We dug into the funders behind Leading the Future, mapped their electoral strategy, and tracked where they are spending money. We also conducted polls and focus groups in Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa to understand how voters in three of the most crucial battleground states in the country are thinking about AI and corporate political influence. Our findings are published below.
Our investigative research into the donors, strategy, and spending of Leading the Future — the $125M AI industry super PAC bankrolled by Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and the Brockmans.
We partnered with Data for Progress to poll voters in three of the most pivotal battleground states in the country. Here's what we found about how voters in Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa are thinking about AI regulation and corporate political influence.
We conducted focus groups in Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa to go deeper — hearing directly from voters about how they think about AI, corporate power, and which messages resonate most.
These are the videos we showed in our focus groups, tested for message effectiveness with voters in Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa.