{"id":2639214,"date":"2026-08-02T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/openai-employees-dropped-more-than-296k-on-democrats-while-republicans-got-nothing-filings-show\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:06:46","slug":"openai-employees-dropped-more-than-296k-on-democrats-while-republicans-got-nothing-filings-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/openai-employees-dropped-more-than-296k-on-democrats-while-republicans-got-nothing-filings-show\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Employees Dropped More Than $296K on Democrats While Republicans Got Nothing, Filings Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopenai-employees-dropped-more-than-296k-on-democrats-while-republicans-got-nothing-filings-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2639214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that employees from five leading AI companies-Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and xAI-disproportionately donated over one million dollars to Democratic candidates and causes in the second quarter of 2026. these employees contributed approximately $2.02 million to Democrats and $274,000 to Republicans, with OpenAI employees donating exclusively to Democrats. Notably, OpenAI&#8217;s co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to a pro-Trump super PAC in 2025, contrasting their recent contributions aimed at Democratic candidates. <\/p>\n<p>The donations from Google and Meta staff were predominantly toward Democrats-over 70%-but also included some support for Republicans. Anthropic&#8217;s staff showed a more balanced split, with nearly 69% to Democrats and about 13% to Republicans, with important donations like $500,000 to DreamNYC. xAI&#8217;s employees donated a small total, mostly to Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The report also highlights perceived differences in political neutrality among AI models, with Elon Musk claiming that Grok, developed by Musk&#8217;s company, xAI, is the most neutral AI model, while others from major firms tend to lean more left politically. The article includes details about the political inclinations and donation patterns of staff members and mentions that several AI companies did not respond to requests for comment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Staff from five of the world\u2019s leading artificial intelligence companies disproportionately donated more than a million dollars to Democrats in the second quarter of 2026 alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Employees at Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta and xAI gave a combined total of $2.02 million to Democrats and $274,000 to Republicans, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1065799762\/AI-Employee-Data-Final-ALL?_gl=1*1y57fny*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTU5NzA2NDQzNy4xNzg0OTIxODEw*_ga_Z4ZC50DED6*czE3ODQ5MjE4MDkkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODQ5MjIzNDgkajYwJGwwJGgw*_ga_8KZ8BV0P5W*czE3ODQ5MjE4MDkkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODQ5MjIzNDgkajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Federal Election Commission records covering April 1 through June 30, 2026. OpenAI employees\u00a0appeared to have given exclusively to Democrats the quarter, while employees at rivals Google, Meta, Anthropic and xAI showed significant bias toward Democrats in their donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">OpenAI employees in particular donated 100% of their roughly $71,000 individual and roughly $225,000 political action committee contributions to Democrat-based groups in Q2 of 2026, and nothing to Republican groups, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1065798867\/OpenAi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to their FEC filings. Two hundred thousand dollars of this was a single <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00928069\/\">donation<\/a> to DreamNYC, which supported Democratic New York State Assemblyman Alex Bores \u2014\u00a0a prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/06\/nyregion\/alex-bores-primary-ai-palantir.html?eafs_enabled=false\">advocate<\/a> of AI regulation \u2014 in his failed 2026 House run, according to the SuperPAC\u2019s <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamnycpac.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In 2025, OpenAI\u2019s president and co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife donated a combined $25 million to pro-Trump super PAC Maga Inc, the New York Times<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-super-pac-maga-inc-fundraising.html\"> <u><span class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__textUnderline\">reported<\/span><\/u><\/a>.<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/07\/22\/open-ai-rogue-cybersecurity-test-hugging-face\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">By comparison, Google staff gave 72.4% of its total of over $608,000 in contributions to Democrats and only 1.8 % to Republicans, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1065797532\/Google-Final-Data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to FEC records. Meta staff similarly <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1065798493\/Meta-Final-Data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a> more than 65% of its $245,000 total to Democrats, but gave a significant 22% to Republicans. It could not be determined whether the Google and Meta contributions came specifically from employees in those companies\u2019 AI divisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta each did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Anthropic offered up the most to Democrats and Republicans, with 68.8% of the staff\u2019s roughly $1,616,000 donations going to Democrats and 12.9% sent to Republicans, FEC records <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1065797349\/Anthropic-Final-Data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a>. The company\u2019s gifts to Republicans were roughly 19 times more than Google\u2019s, and about 4 times more than Meta\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Anthropic researcher Daniel Ziegler gave $500,000 to DreamNYC, according to FEC<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00928069\/\"> records<\/a>. His single contribution accounts for roughly 31% of all Anthropic employee giving in the quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cAnthroPAC, Anthropic\u2019s employee-funded political action committee, brought in more than $275k in Q2 \u2014 more than similar PACs from tech giants like Google and Amazon have raised in recent quarters,\u201d Politico\u2019s Jacob Wendler <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacob_wendler\/status\/2077144112797548709?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post on X. \u201cContributions [from AnthroPAC] were 55\/45 split R to D.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Employees of Grok parent company xAI only <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1065799069\/XAI-Final-Data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a> $1,641 total in contributions in Q2 of 2026, with $1,041 going to Democrats and a single $600 gift to a Republican.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cGrok is the most politically neutral and objectively truth-seeking AI,\u201d Elon Musk <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2076102201575969192?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> in a post on X. Musk referenced the findings of a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/neutralityproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> from The Neutrality Project that asked AI models political survey questions and ranked Grok 4.5 the most neutral with a -0.02 score.<\/p>\n<p>Models from other major AI companies ranked further left; OpenAI\u2019s GPT-5.6 Luna scored -0.46, Anthropic\u2019s Claude Fable 5 scored -0.48, Meta\u2019s Llama 3.3 70B scored -0.55 and Google\u2019s Gemma 3 27B scored -0.56, according to the study.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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