According to FoxNewsAI, leading AI investors and executives are injecting significant funding into competitive 2026 primary races to influence federal AI policy, focusing on compute access, open source rules, and safety oversight, as reported by Fox News. According to Fox News, these contributions are targeting candidates who support pro-innovation regulation, expedited AI infrastructure permitting, and incentives for domestic semiconductor capacity. As reported by Fox News, business implications include accelerated data center buildouts, preferential treatment for frontier model R&D, and clearer compliance paths for enterprise AI deployment. According to Fox News, risks include potential regulatory capture, increased scrutiny on political spending by tech firms, and reputational exposure for AI startups linked to super PACs.

According to Anthropic (@AnthropicAI), the company is making its first major move to build proprietary AI infrastructure by investing $50 billion in the construction of state-of-the-art data centers in Texas and New York. This strategic development is expected to generate thousands of new American jobs and significantly boost Anthropic's capacity to train large language models and support enterprise AI applications. The initiative positions Anthropic as a major competitor in the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure market, enabling enhanced scalability, improved data security, and greater control over AI system deployment. (Source: Anthropic Twitter, 2025-11-12, https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-invests-50-billion-in-american-ai-infrastructure)