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OpenAI Employees Have Donated a Combined $215K+ to 'Guardrails Alliance' Super PAC That Directly Opposes President Greg Brockman's $100M+ 'Leading the Future' PAC — Internal Meetings Since May Pressed Executives on Brockman-Family $25M Contribution to Ant

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Wired reports OpenAI employees have collectively donated more than $215,000 to the Guardrails Alliance, a new tech-worker-backed super PAC seeking stricter AI rules that positions itself directly against Leading the Future, the $100M+ anti-regulation PAC bankrolled in part by OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife Anna's $25M personal contribution. Employees pressed executives in internal meetings starting May 2026 about the company's perceived ties to Leading the Future, prompting a June 1 statement distancing OpenAI from the group. Guardrails currently has ~$5M and is targeting $15M this cycle around candidates like Alex Bores whom LTF is opposing.

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