SF tech exec gives $25M to super PAC for 'MAGA' causes
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman arrives at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Los Angeles.
More tech money is flowing into Donald Trump’s coffers. In September, OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump’s super PAC a whopping $25 million — the largest of the six-month fundraising cycle.
The gigantic donation is a sign of Brockman’s political allegiances, and of the ChatGPT-maker’s attempt to curry favor with the Republican administration. MAGA Inc., the super PAC, was launched to support Trump and has become his primary fundraising vessel. Despite Trump hitting his term limit, money continues to pour in from supporters and those seeking favor, helping the political action committee build a war chest it can use in the 2026 midterm elections.
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As Bloomberg reported, MAGA Inc. currently has more money in its accounts than the main super PAC for House Republicans spent in the entire 2024 election cycle. And people like Brockman are a big reason why. The OpenAI executive’s donation makes up almost a fourth of the super PAC’s $102 million fundraising haul from the back half of 2025. The money arrived on Sept. 12, according to a Thursday filing by MAGA Inc. with the Federal........
