Pro-AI super PAC network funneled tens of millions to Nevada shell companies

The Leading the Future super PAC network, which raised more than $140 million ahead of the midterms, moved vast sums to four Nevada LLCs. Every registered address turns out to be a mailbox in a shopping center, a Staples store in Reno, or a commercial building in Henderson shared by a chiropractor and a beauty salon. None of the four operates a real office at the listed location.

Lantern Production Consultants LLC has taken roughly $20 million since last year from Think Big, one of the network's super PACs, for polling, digital advertising, research and strategy. Its registered address is a post-office box at the Spanish Springs shopping center in Sparks. Summit Ridge Media Group LLC pulled about $13 million between December 2025 and September 2026 from American Mission, the network's other super PAC; its address is a mail center in a Reno mall. Blue Horizon Compliance Consultants is registered at the Reno Staples. Prusik Partners LLC sits at the Henderson commercial building.

The structure is designed to hide the consultants, strategists and production companies actually working with the network, said Shanna Ports, senior legal counsel at the Campaign Legal Center. In May the center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging the super PACs violated the Federal Election Campaign Act by failing to disclose the true beneficiaries of the payments. The complaint argues the LLCs "function as mere conduits for the super PACs they serve."

The FEC needs a quorum of four commissioners out of six to rule on complaints. It has not had one since May 2025; all appointments are presidential and the process is stalled. Meanwhile Think Big and American Mission keep sending millions to the Nevada entities. The Campaign Legal Center does not expect the case to be heard any time soon.

A Leading the Future spokesperson, Jesse Hunt, said the network operates within the law and called the complaint "a desperate PR stunt by Public First, Anthropic and their affiliated organizations, who see our message resonating with the public and policymakers." Public First spokesperson Anthony Rivera-Rodriguez denied any connection: "We have no idea what they're talking about, we had nothing to do with the complaint." Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment from WIRED.