Meta launched a new super PAC on Tuesday to help fight off what it sees as onerous AI and tech policy bills across the country, per an announcement shared exclusively with Axios. As the federal government fully embraces AI and looks unlikely to pass significant tech policy regulation any time soon, busy state houses are tech companies’ biggest problem. Meta’s nonfederal PAC — which will be run by longtime Republican operative Brian Baker and Democratic consulting firm Hilltop Public Solutions — will focus on electing state candidates from both parties. The super PAC is called the American Technology Excellence Project, and Meta spokesperson Rachel Holland said the company is investing in the “tens of millions” into the project. Holland said it’s meant to fend off what the company sees as poorly crafted state-level tech policy proposals — with 1,100 introduced just this year — that could hurt the U.S. in the AI race with China. With the super PAC, Meta will be focused on three pillars, per Holland: promoting and defending U.S. technology companies and leadership, advocating for AI progress, and putting parents in charge of how their kids experience online apps and AI technologies.

Full report : Meta launches the American Technology Excellence Project, a super PAC to fight AI policy bills at the state level; it previously launched a California PAC.