OpenAI is not yet contributing to political action committees or 501(c)(4) social-welfare nonprofits because OpenAI wants to retain control of its political spending, Lehane told CNN in an interview. Though OpenAI is not making super PAC donations, its executives and biggest investors have made major contributions. President and co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, have donated $25 million to a super PAC that supports President Donald Trump. The company said this week it is donating to the Public First Action super PAC, a bipartisan group that advocates for AI regulation, because they “don’t want to sit on the sideline” while AI regulation is being developed. David Sacks, the White House’s AI czar, blamed Anthropic last year for “the state regulatory frenzy that is damaging the ecosystem.

Source: Egypt Independent February 16, 2026 14:22 UTC