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Jul 19, 2026 · Archive
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Anthropic Employees Donate At Six Times Google's Post-IPO Donor Rate

OpenAI staff follow at over twice Google's rate, and 28 of them gave Alex Bores $173,000 in a single day.

  • Fifty-nine percent of Anthropic's federal donors live in San Francisco, versus 18% of Google's cohort.
  • OpenAI's Greg Brockman gave $12.5 million each to Leading the Future and Trump's MAGA Inc.
  • Thirteen Anthropic and OpenAI employees sent Xavier Becerra $500,000 in his campaign's final two weeks.

Why it matters: An industry moves money into Washington before Washington finishes writing the rules that will bind it.

Alexandra Lindsay, The San Francisco Standard ↗ · Jul 19, 20267/19/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check