• by Colin Kirkland , Yesterday

Following the deployment of Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across (Meta) California, also known as “Meta California,” Meta launched another super PAC on Tuesday focused on mounting a challenge to AI and tech policy bills being introduced across the country. 

According to a report from Axios, which has retained an exclusive announcement from Meta, Meta's national super PAC is called the “American Technology Excellence Project.”

Trump advisor Brian Baker and Democratic consulting firm Hilltop Public Solutions will work together to run the super PAC, working to elect tech-friendly politicians from both parties in next year's midterm elections.

The tech giant is committed to investing tens of millions into the project.

A Meta spokesperson says that the super PAC is designed “to fend off what the company sees as poorly crafted state-level tech policy proposals – with 1,100 introduced just this year -- that could hurt the U.S. in the AI race with China.”

Meta will use the super PAC to promote and defend U.S. technology companies and leadership, advocate for AI progress, and require that parents be responsible for how their kids utilize online apps and AI technologies, the Axios report says.

Meta’s investment in nation-wide AI policy comes weeks after the company announced a California-based super PAC – “Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California” – aimed at persuading a lawmakers’ approach to AI regulation, specifically in regards to the outcome of the state's current gubernatorial race.

In addition, Meta has invested millions in “Leading the Future,” another California super PAC backed by AI investor Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, and other tech power-players who have invested over $100 million so far.

This year, Meta has spent almost $14 million on lobbying efforts in the United States.

Along with Meta’s political influence over AI regulation, the company announced on Tuesday that it has gained approval from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to supply federal agencies and departments with its own Llama AI models and services, furthering the tech giant’s previously established AI-focused dealings with the Trump administration.