An interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman on donating $50M to AI and pro-Trump super PACs, how such donations serve a larger AI mission, and more
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says supporting politicians who back AI is “bigger than the people that I happen to be employed with.”
Greg Brockman says to Wired that his political donations are in furtherance of OAIs mission. However, it looks like either he or the journalist does not correctly describe OAIs mission that the nonprofit is legally bound to prioritize. The difference is important! [image]
OpenAI president on donating $50 million to pro-Trump and AI PACs: “Anything I can do to support this technology benefiting everyone is a thing that I will do...maybe supporting the team is bigger than the people that I happen to be employed with. It's really team humanity.” fro…
OpenAI president Greg Brockman donated millions to super PACs aligned with President Trump — much to the dismay of many inside the company. — He tells @wired.com that the donations are about being “team humanity.” — Great story from @mzeff.bsky.social
OPENAI'S PRESIDENT AND cofounder Greg Brockman doesn't consider himself political, which is surprising, because he was one of Trump's biggest individual donors of 2025.