PAC · DC · C00893883
Americans for Responsible Innovation LTD. Political Action Committee (Ari PAC)
A traditional political action committee. It raises limited contributions and can give directly to candidates. Lobbyist/registrant PAC.
First filed Dec. 11, 2024. Treasurer: Eric Gastfriend. Connected organization: Americans for Responsible Innovation LTD.. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)
- Outside spending$0
Where its money went
- Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
- Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
- For: outside spending supporting
- Against: outside spending opposing
No candidate-level spending reported by these groups yet this cycle.
Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages.
Who funds it
Largest single contributions this cycle. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.
| Contributor | Type | From | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claire ZabelProgram Director, Open Philanthropy | Person | Berkeley, CA | May 18, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Benjamin WestMember of Technical Staff, Metr | Person | Berkeley, CA | Feb. 26, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Sydney Von ArxMember of Technical Staff, Metr | Person | Berkeley, CA | May 15, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Drake ThomasMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic | Person | Berkeley, CA | May 27, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Michael SmithAnalyst, Cornerstone Research | Person | Newark, DE | April 4, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Michael ShlegerisChief Executive Officer, Redwood Research | Person | Berkeley, CA | April 6, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Girish SastryAI Policy Researcher, Self | Person | Santa Fe, NM | April 30, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Govind PimpaleResearch Engineer, Human Union Data | Person | San Jose, CA | June 27, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Eric NeymanAI Researcher, Alignment Research Center | Person | Berkeley, CA | April 1, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Todor MarkovMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC | Person | San Francisco, CA | March 21, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Peter LofgrenSoftware Engineer, Anthropic | Person | Burlingame, CA | April 23, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Howard LempelPhilanthropy, Open Philanthropy | Person | Berkeley, CA | Feb. 26, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Matt LarsonSelf, Self | Person | Boulder, CO | May 21, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Derek KaufmanNonprofit, Inclusive Abundance | Person | Greenwich, CT | May 20, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Evan HubingerResearch Scientist, Anthropic | Person | Alameda, CA | June 4, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Ryan GreenblattTechnical AI Safety Researcher, Redwood Research | Person | Berkeley, CA | April 1, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Eric GastfriendExec, Ari | Person | Washington, DC | Feb. 21, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Jasmine FullerSenior Sales Enablement Manager, Wrapbook | Person | Santa Fe, NM | May 11, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Nevin FreemanPresident, Confusion Capital, INC. | Person | Reno, NV | March 7, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Jacob EliosoffInvestment Manager, Calibrated Markets, LLC | Person | New York, NY | March 11, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Liam DonovanTrader, Self-Employed | Person | Tucson, AZ | May 6, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Thomas CrowleyInvestor, Self | Person | Austin, TX | March 19, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Austin ChenCEO, Manifund | Person | San Francisco, CA | May 5, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Lawrence ChanMachine Learning Researcher, Metr | Person | Berkeley, CA | May 5, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
| Patrick Brinich-LangloisSoftware Engineer, Academia INC. | Person | Berkeley, CA | June 20, 2025 | $5,000 (opens in a new tab) |
See every contribution to Americans for Responsible Innovation LTD. Political Action Committee (Ari PAC) on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.