How the AI and crypto industries are pouring tens of millions of dollars into elections

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An analysis of campaign finance reports shows the web of super PACs backing — and going negative on — candidates with funds from big-name executives and companies.

Marc Andreessen and Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen — pictured with his wife, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen — is a key funder of two major super PACs backed by big players in the AI and crypto worlds. Craig T Fruchtman / Getty Images file

April 13, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

By Ben Kamisar, Jiachuan Wu and Melinda Yao

Two booming, intertwined tech industries are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into U.S. elections through a complex web of political groups, as they prepare for how lawmakers decide to regulate them in the future.

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