Report details Greg Brockman donations and OpenAI concerns about LTF

In short: A report says OpenAI president Greg Brockman told employees that a political group linked to his personal donations had become a distraction for the company.

What happened

The New York Times reported on September 30, 2026 that Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, addressed employee concerns about a political network called Leading the Future, or LTF.

According to the report, Brockman wrote in an internal Slack message in June that he felt “awful” about how LTF continued to reflect on OpenAI and had become “such a distraction for everyone here.” He said he and his wife, Anna, had contributed $25 million personally and had “no current plans for further donations.” The report also said he had earlier been expected to contribute another $25 million, but that pledge would not be made.

LTF is described as a political network whose super PAC supports candidates and policies it considers friendly to AI innovation. A super PAC is a political group that can raise and spend large sums to influence elections, like a very large, independent campaign wallet.

OpenAI said in a June 1 statement that it has not donated to super PACs or political campaigns. It also said it did not direct LTF’s activities and had no visibility into its operations. OpenAI added that no outside political group speaks for or represents the company.

Why it matters

Even if donations are personal, they can still look connected to an employer when the donor is a top executive. This can affect public trust and employee confidence, especially when the topic is politics and the company builds widely used AI tools.

Source: NYTimes