Companies/Adobe

Adobe

Creative software and digital experience company. Pioneer in generative AI for content creation through Firefly and integrated AI features across Creative Cloud. A leading voice on AI and copyright issues, particularly around the provenance of AI-generated content and creator rights.

AI Overview

Adobe spent $0.7M on federal AI lobbying in Q1 2026, with $2.5M in total tracked spending. The company is active in 2 states and focuses on ai-generated content provenance and labeling, copyright and ai training data, creative ai tools regulation.

$2.5M
Total Federal Lobbying
$0.7M
Q1 2026
2
States Active
4
Focus Areas

Federal Lobbying by Quarter

Q1 2024
$0.4M
Q2 2024
$0.4M
Q3 2024
$0.4M
Q4 2024
$0.5M
Q1 2025
$0.5M
Q2 2025
$0.5M
Q3 2025
$0.6M
Q4 2025
$0.6M
Q1 2026
$0.7M

Public Position

Strongly supports AI content provenance and authenticity standards. Advocates for Content Credentials (C2PA standard) to label AI-generated content. Supports copyright protections for creators while training AI on licensed and consented data. Favors regulation that mandates transparency about AI-generated content.

Policy Focus Areas

AI-generated content provenance and labelingCopyright and AI training dataCreative AI tools regulationDeepfake and election integrity

Key Lobbyists

C&BL
Covington & Burling LLP
FSG
Franklin Square Group
FGR
Fierce Government Relations

Bills Lobbied On

  • 📋S. 3312 (Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act)
  • 📋S. 896 (COPIED Act - copyright and AI training data)
  • 📋H.R. 6580 (AI Transparency Act)
  • 📋S. 2714 (SAFE Innovation Framework Act)

Notable Actions

  • Co-founded and leads the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) and C2PA standard for content provenance
  • Trained Firefly exclusively on licensed and public domain data, differentiating from competitors on copyright
  • Lobbied for mandatory AI content labeling in election-related materials

State Lobbying Activity

CA
$0.4M
2025
NY
$0.2M
2025

Campaign Contributions

DSen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
$5,000
DRep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
$4,000
RSen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
$3,500

Influence Score

4
$2.5M
Lobbying
$0
PAC Money
$13K
Campaign $
$2.5M
Total Footprint