Meta pledged tens of millions of dollars through a new super PAC to fight state politicians across the country that it sees as insufficiently supportive of the artificial intelligence industry, as the tech giant wades deeper into politics.
The new super PAC, the American Technology Excellence Project, was the second unveiled by Meta in the last month. The company previously announced a super PAC called Meta California that is focused on A.I. policy proposals in California. The company said on Tuesday that it would spend “tens of millions” of dollars initially on the two groups, declining to be more specific.
“We need state legislators who will champion our tech future, not cede it to global adversaries,” Brian Baker, a Republican strategist who is coleading the new PAC, said in a statement.
Meta, Google, Apple, OpenAI and other tech giants have been investing billions of dollars into developing A.I., in a fierce contest to take leadership of the powerful technology and to keep ahead of rivals in China. At a dinner with President Trump this month, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, said his company would spend $600 billion to build data centers to power the technology.
Meta’s new super PACs reflect a more aggressive posture from the company in campaigns and elections. Meta previously mainly maintained a relatively small, federal PAC that was limited in how much it could spend, along with backing some nonprofit groups that engaged in political campaigns.
With its new moves, Meta is likely to be one of the largest spenders in the 2026 midterm elections. The artificial-intelligence industry has been preparing for political combat in the midterms. Last month, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Greg Brockman, a co-founder of OpenAI, pledged $100 million to a super PAC of their own focused on A.I. policy.
Meta’s new PAC will be led by Mr. Baker, who has emerged as a top adviser to Mr. Zuckerberg, and Hilltop Public Solutions, a Democratic consulting firm.
Meta did not say which states it would target with the new PAC. So far this year, more than 1,100 A.I. bills have been proposed across nearly all 50 states, with the most in New York, New Jersey, Texas and California.
Eli Tan covers the technology industry for The Times from San Francisco.
Theodore Schleifer is a Times reporter covering billionaires and their impact on the world.
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