Voices & coverage

On-record commentary about the Bores campaign from tech and EA circles, and press coverage of the race. Each entry links to the primary source. Nothing here is a formal endorsement — these are quotations and links, presented so readers can judge the signal for themselves.

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commentary

Commentary

"Consider donating to Alex Bores, author of the RAISE Act"

Alex Bores is one of the few potential politicians who has shown any care at all about existential risk from AI.

Neyman, an AI safety researcher, argued on the Effective Altruism Forum that Bores is unusually receptive to AI-risk and animal-welfare priorities, with “EA-minded staff around him.” The same author subsequently wrote the organizing memo that this volunteer effort is based on.

Source → "Consider donating to Alex Bores, author of the RAISE Act"

Links for December 2025 (item 21)

Bores has masterfully leveraged the unprecedented opposition from Big Tech into a selling point.

In his December 2025 links roundup, Alexander noted that Bores announced for Congress, that the a16z-backed pro-AI super-PAC announced a “multibillion dollar effort” to sink the campaign, and that Bores raised $1.2 million on his first day. “Impressive work from everybody,” Alexander wrote. The post is commentary, not a formal endorsement.

Source → Links for December 2025 (item 21)

"Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores?"

A 90-minute interview covering Bores’ path from Palantir to the New York State Assembly, the RAISE Act, and the broader politics of AI regulation. Klein is a NYT opinion columnist and does not personally endorse candidates; the interview is included here as coverage, not as an endorsement.

Source → "Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores?" · Apple Podcasts

press coverage

Press coverage

"AI politics breaks into a New York congressional race — and signals more fights to come"

Fortune’s reporting documents significant support from AI-safety-aligned donors: Anthropic employees contributed a combined $168,500, 80,000 Hours employees contributed around $35,000, and Redwood Research employees contributed nearly $45,000 in Q4 2025 — together over $250,000 from explicitly AI-safety-focused organizations.

Source → "AI politics breaks into a New York congressional race — and signals more fights to come"

"The Campaign to Take Down Alex Bores Is Just the Beginning"

Politico reports that “Leading the Future,” an AI-industry-aligned super-PAC network, had spent over $2.3 million on anti-Bores advertising by early 2026 — one of the largest single-race AI-policy ad expenditures to date.

Source → "The Campaign to Take Down Alex Bores Is Just the Beginning"

"a16z-backed Super PAC is targeting Alex Bores, sponsor of New York's AI safety bill"

Initial reporting on “Leading the Future,” the a16z/tech-industry super-PAC launched specifically to oppose Bores’ candidacy in response to his authorship of the New York RAISE Act. Bores’ on-the-record response: “bring it on.”

Source → "a16z-backed Super PAC is targeting Alex Bores, sponsor of New York's AI safety bill"

formal endorsements

Formal endorsements

Labor, electeds, and advocacy organizations who have formally endorsed Bores are listed on the campaign's own endorsements page: alexbores.nyc/endorsements. Notable among them: DC 37 (NYC's largest public-sector union), former Rep. Carolyn Maloney, StreetsPAC, and Open NY.