Anna Brockman is a principal funder, together with her husband Greg Brockman, OpenAI's co-founder and president, of Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC formed to influence the 2026 US midterm elections.
Political activity
Leading the Future
Leading the Future was formed with more than $100 million in committed funding, backed by Greg and Anna Brockman, the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and other Silicon Valley frontier-AI figures; the committee's stated position is opposition to state-level AI regulation (see Leading the Future (super PAC)). The couple's political giving was described in The Information's January 23, 2026 report "How Greg and Anna Brockman Became MAGA Megadonors," and the funding arrangement in TechCrunch's January 30, 2026 report "OpenAI's Brockman and a16z funnel cash to pro-AI super PAC" (see AI Industry Lobbying — The 2025-2026 Political Offensive).
Federal Election Commission records show that in 2025 Anna and Greg Brockman each gave $12.5 million to Leading the Future, a combined $25 million (Source: gizmodo.com). A separate account of the PAC's backing describes a $50 million pledge from the couple (Source: wired.com); the two figures are not reconciled in the available reporting.
MAGA Inc.
The Brockmans made identical contributions to MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, giving $12.5 million each and $25 million combined, according to FEC records (Source: gizmodo.com). The contribution was made in September 2025 (Source: wired.com). Greg Brockman was one of President Trump's largest individual donors of 2025 (Source: wired.com). Few other OpenAI executives made political contributions in 2025, and most of those were a few thousand dollars to candidates of both parties (Source: gizmodo.com).
OpenAI's position on the donations
On May 28, 2026, Greg Brockman disputed claims that OpenAI was funding Leading the Future, stating that the money came from him and his wife personally. OpenAI issued a statement on June 1, 2026 saying that Leading the Future "has received support from our President and co-founder, Greg Brockman, and his wife Anna," that any engagement with the organization had been in a personal capacity, and that OpenAI does not direct the PAC's activities or have visibility into its operations. The statement added that OpenAI had not donated to any super PACs and has no employee-funded PAC (Source: gizmodo.com). Current and former OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC that advocates stricter frontier-AI regulation and positions itself against Leading the Future (Source: wired.com).
Relationships
- leads: Leading the Future (super PAC) — co-funder of the pro-AI super PAC
- related: Greg Brockman — spouse; co-founder of OpenAI
- related: AI Industry Lobbying — The 2025-2026 Political Offensive, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- related: OpenAI — company statement distancing itself from the couple's PAC giving
- related: Guardrails Alliance (super PAC) — opposing super PAC funded in part by OpenAI employees
- related: Donald Trump — MAGA Inc. contributions
Anna Brockman's own professional background and any public statements in her own name are not described in the available sources.