Tech's biggest political spenders so far this cycle: • Andreessen Horowitz: $93.5M • Elon Musk: $85.2M • Jeff Yass: $83.8M • Coinbase: $59.3M • Ripple: $55.1M • Crypto.com: $38.7M • OpenAI: $37.6M • Anthropic: $20M via influence.citationneeded.news
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Molly White
writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @followthecrypto.org • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics citationneeded.news
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My work tracking cryptocurrency and AI industry political spending has only underscored the importance of getting big money out of politics. I recently talked to @tiffanymuller.bsky.social from @endcitizensunited.bsky.social about how we can do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ…
If you know journalists covering these races, researchers studying tech policy, or voters in targeted districts — send them to the site. Here’s the full launch announcement: www.citationneeded.news/tech-influen...
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Crypto and AI political action committees have over $300 million on hand — more money than the party committees — and they're using it to buy favorable regulation. From my interview with @tiffanymuller.bsky.social of @endcitizensunited.bsky.social
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