{"id":99536,"date":"2025-08-27T00:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99536\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T00:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:14:08","slug":"meta-plans-to-spend-millions-on-ai-focused-super-pac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99536\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta plans to spend millions on AI-focused super PAC\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meta’s super PAC, called Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, will be headed by Brian Rice, the company’s vice president of public policy.FRANCIS MASCARENHAS\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Meta META-Q<\/a> said on Tuesday it will launch a California-focused political action committee to back state-level candidates favouring lighter regulation of technology, particularly artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The group, named Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California \u2013 a super PAC, will support candidates for state offices from either party who advocate AI innovation over stringent rules.<\/p>\n

The Facebook and Instagram parent plans to spend tens of millions of dollars through the PAC, potentially positioning the company among the state\u2019s top political spenders ahead of the 2026 governor race.<\/p>\n

California will elect its next governor in November 2026. Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s national profile has surged amid a series of confrontations with President Donald Trump, positioning him as a high-visibility Democratic figure.<\/p>\n

The office of the California governor did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Meta\u2019s move to back candidates who favour AI-friendly policies aligns with its business interests, as the social media company is pouring billions to better compete in Silicon Valley\u2019s intensifying AI race and develop new cash flows.<\/p>\n

\u201cSacramento\u2019s regulatory environment could stifle innovation, block AI progress, and put California\u2019s technology leadership at risk,\u201d said Brian Rice, Meta vice president of public policy.<\/p>\n

California has been among the most aggressive states in pursuing AI and social media regulation and state officials will shape rules on safety, transparency and consumer protection that could impact tech companies\u2019 products.<\/p>\n

Rice will head the PAC alongside fellow public policy VP Greg Maurer as principal officers, according to a company spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Companies such as Uber UBER-N<\/a> and Airbnb ABNB-Q<\/a> have used such campaign-focused, multi-million dollar strategies to build clout in Sacramento, according to Politico, which first reported the development.<\/p>\n

Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among those helping launch and fund Leading the Future, a new super-PAC network focused on AI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Meta’s super PAC, called Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, will be headed by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,901,276,277,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-99536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-alberta","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}