OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss
Wired AI Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI employees have donated over $215,000 to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC advocating for stricter AI regulations, in opposition to Leading the Future, a pro-industry PAC backed by $100 million from OpenAI president Greg Brockman. The largest individual donation came from research engineer Juan Felipe Cerón Uribe at $200,000, with Guardrails Alliance aiming to raise $15 million this election cycle compared to the $50 million Brockman and his wife committed to the opposing PAC. The donations highlight internal company tensions over AI policy direction, with some employees using personal funds to counter what they view as efforts by tech leaders to prevent AI regulation.
Why it matters
OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a political effort opposing Leading the Future, a group backed by the company’s president, Greg Brockman.
