# Dario Amodei 1M to Public First **[[Dario Amodei]]**, chief executive of **[[Anthropic]]**, gave **$1,000,000.00** to the AI-policy super PAC **[[Public First]]** (FEC **C00930503**) on **2026-05-04**. The contribution was **first disclosed on 2026-10-13**, on an amendment to the committee's Form 3X — file **2020830**. ## How it was disclosed The contribution was made in May but did not appear until an **amended** Form 3X was filed on 2026-10-13 (file **2020830**). Amendments usually restate money a committee has already reported, so a first-time disclosure on an amendment is easy to overlook. The FEC's processed Schedule A index places this row's current version on file 2020830 itself, which makes it newly disclosed money rather than a restatement. ## Terms | Item | Detail | |---|---| | Contributor | **Dario Amodei** — entity type `IND`, employer **Anthropic PBC**, occupation **CEO** | | Recipient | **Public First**, FEC **C00930503**, Washington DC, first filed 2025-12-12 | | Amount | **$1,000,000.00** | | Receipt date | **2026-05-04** | | FEC line | **SA11AI** — Line 11(a)(i), an itemised individual contribution | | Disclosed | **Form 3X amendment (`F3XA`)**, file **2020830**, received **2026-10-13** | | Why it's tracked | **Individual contribution of $1,000,000 or more** | ## Why it matters - **It is the first time this vault can show AI-safety money as political money, from a named principal.** The vault's AI-money coverage runs almost entirely through the **deregulatory** side — the [[Fairshake PAC]] network and [[Leading the Future]]. This is the counterparty, and the contributor is the chief executive of the company whose public position is that the technology needs binding rules. - **The bigger number is the entity, not the man.** [[Public First Action]] has moved **$26,435,000.00** into six committees this cycle on the vault's own derivation. $1M from a named individual is the visible edge of a $26M pipe, which is the same shape the vault documents on the other side of the argument. - **Independently corroborated** by two sources: The Hill and Bloomberg Law both reported the $1,000,000.00 contribution. - **It was disclosed five months late, on an amendment, in the week of the Q3 deadline** — the moment when a seven-figure first disclosure is least likely to be noticed. ## Open questions - **Press reports put Amodei's total giving above $2 million.** This vault's derivation at a $500,000.00 floor finds **$1,000,000.00**. The gap is recorded, **not** reconciled by assumption. - What [[Public First]] spent, and in which races. - Whether Anthropic employees beyond the chief executive appear as contributors — Bloomberg Law's headline says they do; this vault has not derived it. ## Sources - FEC Form 3X amendment, file **2020830** — `https://docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2020830.fec` - [Anthropic CEO gives $1M to AI safety super PAC amid regulation battle — The Hill](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5972753-anthropic-ceo-gave-1m-to-ai-safety-super-pac/) - [Dario Amodei, Anthropic Employees Give Millions to Regulate AI — Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/dario-amodei-anthropic-employees-give-millions-to-regulate-ai) ## See Also - [[Public First]] · [[Public First Action]] · [[Dario Amodei]] · [[Anthropic]] - [[Leading the Future]] · [[Fairshake PAC]] - [[Artificial Intelligence]] · [[Super PACs]] · [[Dark Money]] · [[Deals Hub]]