SPRING, Texas – A 20-year-old Texas man is facing federal charges after authorities say he traveled to San Francisco intending to kill the CEO of a major artificial intelligence company, then attacked a residence and targeted the company’s headquarters.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Daniel Moreno-Gama, of Spring, Texas, was charged federally today with attempted damage and destruction of property by means of explosives and possession of an unregistered firearm. The charges stem from an April 10, 2026, incident in which Moreno-Gama allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at a San Francisco residence and attempted to set a related business on fire.

According to a federal criminal complaint filed today, Moreno-Gama is accused of traveling from Texas to San Francisco “in order to kill the CEO of a major Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) company.” Authorities allege he approached the CEO’s residences, threw a Molotov cocktail, and fled.

“Violence cannot be the norm for expressing disagreement, be it with politics or a technology or any other matter,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “These alleged actions – which damaged property and could well have taken lives – will be aggressively prosecuted.”

After the attack at the residence, Moreno-Gama allegedly went to the headquarters of the CEO’s AI company, where he tried to break the building’s glass doors with a chair and said he had come to burn down the location and kill anyone inside, the complaint says.

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The complaint says that when San Francisco Police Department officers arrived, they found Moreno-Gama with incendiary devices, a jug of kerosene, a blue lighter, and a document. The first part of the document, titled “Your Last Warning” by Daniel Moreno-Gama, advocated against AI and for killing and committing other crimes against CEOs of AI companies and their investors, listing names and addresses that purported to belong to multiple CEOs and investors, according to the complaint. Authorities say the document included an admission that he attempted to kill the victim’s CEO and asked others to join his movement.

Moreno-Gama ended the document with a letter addressed to the victim CEO, writing, “If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself”

Law enforcement later learned that the same day as the attacks, Moreno-Gama also emailed a version of the document to representatives at his former college in Texas, the Justice Department said.

“We will not tolerate any attempt to change the way Americans live and work through fear or violence,” U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said. “We are only at the beginning of this investigation, but if the evidence shows that Mr. Moreno-Gama executed these attacks to change public policy or to coerce government and other officials, we will treat this as an act of domestic terrorism and, together with our law enforcement partners, prosecute him to the fullest extent allowed by law.”

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FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo called the case “a deeply concerning escalation from intent to action targeting a private residence and a technology company with violence,” adding, “The FBI will not tolerate threats against our nation’s innovation leaders or the companies that drive our economy forward. Acts of destruction aimed at the tech sector will be met with the full force of law enforcement. This case underscores the strength of our partnership with the San Francisco Police Department. Together, we remain committed to identifying, disrupting, and holding accountable anyone who seeks to bring violence to our communities.”

A criminal complaint is an allegation, and Moreno-Gama is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

If convicted, the Justice Department said Moreno-Gama faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for damage and destruction of property by means of explosives, and up to 10 years in prison for possession of an unregistered firearm. Any sentence would be imposed by the court after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and federal sentencing law.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis James is prosecuting the case. The Justice Department said the investigation was conducted by the FBI and the San Francisco Police Department.