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Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, reportedly pulled out of a planned $25 million donation

The New York Times reported that the donation was meant for Leading the Future, a super PAC tied to AI policy, and that Brockman said in a June Slack message the group had become a distraction inside OpenAI.

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The New York Times reported that Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, pulled out of a planned $25 million donation meant for Leading the Future. The paper also reported that Brockman said in a June Slack message that the super PAC had become a distraction for people inside OpenAI.

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The New York Times reported Sept. 30 that Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, pulled out of a planned $25 million donation meant for Leading the Future.

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The Times report also said Brockman wrote in a June Slack message obtained by the paper that Leading the Future had become a distraction for people inside OpenAI.

In social posts after the story published, Andrew Curran and Teddy Schleifer repeated the Times' reporting that Brockman would not make the second donation.

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Replies condemned Greg Brockman as a coward and snake after reports that he would not make a second $25 million donation to the Leading the Future super PAC.

Based on 28 sentiment-bearing replies from 26 accounts across 3 conversations.

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Replies condemned Greg Brockman as a coward and snake after reports that he would not make a second $25 million donation to the Leading the Future super PAC.

Based on 28 sentiment-bearing replies from 26 accounts across 3 conversations.

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The New York TimesOpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC9d
Teddy Schleifer@teddyschleiferNEWS. More AI fallout ahead of the midterms. Greg Brockman, the OpenAI co-founder, is no longer making the second $25 million donation promised to the super PAC Leading the Future. Scoop with @MikeIsaac. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/openai-brockman-super-pac-leading-the-future.html9d
rat king 🐀@MikeIsaacRT @teddyschleifer: NEWS. More AI fallout ahead of the midterms. Greg Brockman, the OpenAI co-founder, is no longer making the second $25…9d
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_The NYT is reporting that Greg Brockman will not be making a second $25 million donation to Leading the Future.9d
Techmeme@TechmemeSlack message: Greg Brockman has no plans to donate beyond his initial $25M to Leading the Future, saying the PAC has become a "distraction" at OpenAI (New York Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)9d
Gizmodo@GizmodoOpenAI President Reportedly Pulls Support From Controversial AI Super PAC https://gizmodo.com/openai-president-reportedly-pulls-support-from-controversial-ai-super-pac-20008202928d
TNW@thenextwebThe president stopped at $25M. Staff pooled $200,000 themselves. Brockman was expected to give $50M, then told OpenAI employees the super PAC had become a distraction. https://thenextweb.com/news/greg-brockman-leading-the-future-super-pac-second-25m8d
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    The New York TimesOpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC9d
    Teddy Schleifer@teddyschleiferNEWS. More AI fallout ahead of the midterms. Greg Brockman, the OpenAI co-founder, is no longer making the second $25 million donation promised to the super PAC Leading the Future. Scoop with @MikeIsaac. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/openai-brockman-super-pac-leading-the-future.html9d
    rat king 🐀@MikeIsaacRT @teddyschleifer: NEWS. More AI fallout ahead of the midterms. Greg Brockman, the OpenAI co-founder, is no longer making the second $25…9d
    Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_The NYT is reporting that Greg Brockman will not be making a second $25 million donation to Leading the Future.9d
    Techmeme@TechmemeSlack message: Greg Brockman has no plans to donate beyond his initial $25M to Leading the Future, saying the PAC has become a "distraction" at OpenAI (New York Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)9d
    Gizmodo@GizmodoOpenAI President Reportedly Pulls Support From Controversial AI Super PAC https://gizmodo.com/openai-president-reportedly-pulls-support-from-controversial-ai-super-pac-20008202928d
    TNW@thenextwebThe president stopped at $25M. Staff pooled $200,000 themselves. Brockman was expected to give $50M, then told OpenAI employees the super PAC had become a distraction. https://thenextweb.com/news/greg-brockman-leading-the-future-super-pac-second-25m8d
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