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title: "Pro-AI PAC Leading the Future ended the midterms with $20M+ in its bank, from ~$100M, after focusing on safe bipartisan candidates; its riskier bets fell flat (Tess Owen/Wired)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/pro-ai-pac-leading-the-future-ended-the-midterms-with-20m-in-its-bank-514b3f91
published: 2026-11-05T06:45:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Pro-AI PAC Leading the Future ended the midterms with $20M+ in its bank, from \~$100M, after focusing on safe bipartisan candidates; its riskier bets fell flat (Tess Owen/Wired)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-05 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/pro-ai-pac-leading-the-future-ended-the-midterms-with-20m-in-its-bank-514b3f91

Tess Owen / Wired : Pro-AI PAC Leading the Future ended the midterms with $20M+ in its bank, from \~$100M, after focusing on safe bipartisan candidates; its riskier bets fell flat — Leading the Future, backed by Silicon Valley's biggest billionaires, had a war chest of $100 million and an aggressive stance against AI regulation.

In this story: [AI regulation](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-regulation), [Leading the Future](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/leading-the-future)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261105/p6#a261105p6)

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