The artificial intelligence industry is well on the way to spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the midterm elections in an extraordinary demonstration of political power from Silicon Valley.
AI companies, groups tied to the industry and top executives of both donated at least $83 million in 2025 to federal campaigns and committees, according to a New York Times analysis of Federal Election Commission filings. That figure, combined with a $65 million push by tech giant Meta at the state level, reveals about $150 million and counting that is…
