Companies/AI Alliance

AI Alliance

Industry consortium co-founded by Meta and IBM in December 2023, bringing together over 50 organizations including companies, universities, and research institutions. Focused on advancing open-source AI development, collaborative safety research, and responsible AI innovation.

AI Overview

AI Alliance spent $0.1M on federal AI lobbying in Q1 2026, with $0.5M in total tracked spending. The company is active in 2 states and focuses on open-source ai development and advocacy, collaborative ai safety research, ai benchmarking and evaluation.

$0.5M
Total Federal Lobbying
$0.1M
Q1 2026
2
States Active
4
Focus Areas

Federal Lobbying by Quarter

Q1 2024
$0.0M
Q2 2024
$0.1M
Q3 2024
$0.1M
Q4 2024
$0.1M
Q1 2025
$0.1M
Q2 2025
$0.1M
Q3 2025
$0.1M
Q4 2025
$0.1M
Q1 2026
$0.1M

Public Position

Promotes open-source AI as essential for safety, innovation, and preventing concentration of AI power. Supports regulatory frameworks that distinguish between open and closed AI models. Opposes regulations that would effectively ban or restrict open-source AI development.

Policy Focus Areas

Open-source AI development and advocacyCollaborative AI safety researchAI benchmarking and evaluationResponsible AI innovation frameworks

Key Lobbyists

IL
Invariant LLC
MC
Mehlman Consulting

Bills Lobbied On

  • 📋California SB 1047 (Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier AI Models Act)
  • 📋S. 2714 (SAFE Innovation Framework Act)
  • 📋S. 3952 (Future of AI Innovation Act)

Notable Actions

  • Co-founded by Meta and IBM with 50+ member organizations to counter closed-model AI approaches
  • Launched collaborative AI safety benchmarking program across member institutions
  • Published open letter to Congress advocating for open-source AI protections in federal legislation
  • Funded multi-university research initiative on open-source AI safety and alignment

State Lobbying Activity

CA
$0.1M
2025
NY
$0.0M
2025

Campaign Contributions

DSen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
$3,000
RSen. Todd Young (R-IN)
$3,000
DRep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)
$2,000

Influence Score

1
$500K
Lobbying
$0
PAC Money
$8K
Campaign $
$508K
Total Footprint