Meta is significantly increasing its investment in the fight against AI regulation. The company, which owns Facebook, is putting tens of millions of dollars into a new super PAC. This group is designed to combat state-level technology policies that the company believes could hinder the progress of artificial intelligence.
The new pro-AI PAC is named the American Technology Excellence Project. It represents Meta’s latest initiative to push back against regulations it views as damaging to AI development. This follows the company’s recent launch of a separate PAC focused on influencing races in California by supporting candidates friendly to the tech industry.
The super PAC will be managed by Republican veteran Brian Baker and the Democratic consulting firm Hilltop Public Solutions. Its goal is to help elect politicians from both major parties who support the tech industry’s perspective in the upcoming midterm elections. According to Meta spokesperson Rachel Holland, the PAC will work to promote and defend US tech companies, advocate for AI progress, and empower parents to control their children’s experiences with online apps and AI technologies.
This emphasis on parental control arrives at a time of growing concerns about the safety of children using AI tools. Meta itself has faced increased scrutiny following reports based on leaked internal documents. These documents suggested the company permitted its AI chatbots to engage in romantic conversations with minors. Additional whistleblower reports have claimed that Meta may have suppressed its own internal research on child safety.
Meta has not disclosed which specific states will be the primary focus for the new super PAC, nor has it revealed how many people the organization will employ.
The creation of this PAC coincides with a surge in proposed AI regulations at the state level. This legislative activity is largely driven by a perception that the federal government has failed to act on the issue. During the 2025 legislative session, more than one thousand AI-related bills were introduced across all fifty states. In California, two significant bills have passed and await action by Governor Gavin Newsom. One bill would regulate AI companion chatbots to protect minors and vulnerable users, while the other would impose new transparency requirements on major AI companies.
Meta’s Vice President of Public Policy, Brian Rice, stated that the new group aims to support state candidates who embrace AI development, champion the US technology industry, and defend American tech leadership.
Silicon Valley has accelerated its efforts this year to limit the ability of individual states to pass AI laws. The industry argues that dealing with a varied set of state regulations would be overly complex for large AI companies and would slow innovation. This is seen as particularly critical given the ongoing technological competition between the United States and China.
Last month, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI president Greg Brockman started a separate Silicon Valley super PAC with one hundred million dollars dedicated to opposing AI regulation. Earlier this year, a proposal that would have prevented states from regulating AI for a ten-year period nearly became part of a federal budget bill, but the measure was ultimately removed.