Greg Brockman Was MAGA Inc.'s Top Donor in 2025. QuitGPT Says 700,000 Have Pledged to Cancel ChatGPT.

OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife Anna together donated $25 million to Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC in 2025, Federal Election Commission records show — making them the single largest donor in MAGA Inc.'s year-end report by approximately $5 million. The donations have triggered a grassroots boycott movement called QuitGPT, which says more than 700,000 people have pledged to cancel ChatGPT subscriptions.

The dispute has put OpenAI in the position of formally distinguishing corporate identity from founder politics — a separation the company has asserted in public statements but that boycott organizers argue does not match how consumers perceive AI brands. ChatGPT's reported market share among generative-AI products has fallen from 87 percent to 65 percent over the past year, according to QuitGPT campaign materials, though that figure has multiple contributing factors.

The Donations

According to Federal Election Commission records, Brockman and his wife each donated $12.5 million to MAGA Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC. Only one company, Crypto.com, gave more total funding to political PACs across 2025 — approximately $30 million, spread over the year. By comparison, Palantir Technologies and JUUL Labs each donated $1 million to similar PACs during the same period.

In addition, the Brockmans together donated $25 million ($12.5 million each) to Leading the Future, a super PAC network launched in August 2025 to lobby for AI-friendly policies. The network has raised more than $125 million and is co-backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale. According to public reporting, Leading the Future plans to use campaign donations and digital advertising to support Democrats and Republicans aligned with the AI industry's preferred regulatory positions ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman separately donated $1 million to Trump's 2025 Inaugural Fund, according to public reports.

OpenAI's Response

OpenAI released a public statement distancing the company from Brockman's political contributions: "Our employees are free to participate in the political process in their personal capacities, including by donating or providing advice to candidates, campaigns, and political organizations. When they do that, they speak for themselves and not OpenAI."

The company also stated that it has not donated to any super PACs and does not maintain an employee-funded PAC.

In a separate statement, Brockman said any engagement with Leading the Future was "in a personal capacity, not on behalf of the company." He defended the donations as consistent with OpenAI's mission, citing public concern about AI as documented by Pew Research Center surveys and arguing that supporting politicians who recognize AI's importance is part of advancing the company's stated goals.

The Boycott

QuitGPT, organized by a coalition of digital activists, has collected what it says are over 700,000 pledges from ChatGPT subscribers to cancel their accounts. The campaign cites the Brockman donations as the trigger and points to additional concerns including OpenAI contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Defense.

Recent OpenAI agreements allow the Defense Department to use the company's technology for "any lawful purpose," and ICE has used GPT-4 for resume screening, according to public reporting. The campaign's website highlights these contracts alongside the political donations.

Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI model and a direct OpenAI competitor, has publicly declined certain Pentagon contract terms that OpenAI has accepted, according to public reporting. QuitGPT organizers have cited this contrast in directing users to migrate to alternative AI products, including Claude, Google's Gemini, and Perplexity.

Market Impact

QuitGPT campaign materials cite a decline in ChatGPT's reported market share among generative-AI products from 87 percent to 65 percent over the past year. The decline has multiple contributing factors, including new product launches from Anthropic, Google, and Perplexity. The campaign points to it as evidence the boycott is having commercial impact.

OpenAI has not publicly disclosed subscription cancellation data in response to QuitGPT. The company does not break out consumer subscription metrics in its periodic public disclosures.

What's Next

Four developments are expected to shape the next phase of the dispute:

• Federal Election Commission disclosure cycles. Continuing FEC reports will indicate whether Brockman and other AI-industry executives continue donating at current levels through the 2026 midterm cycle.
• Leading the Future ad spending. The super PAC has signaled it will deploy digital advertising in races where AI regulation is a campaign issue. Targeted candidates and races have not yet been publicly disclosed.
• OpenAI subscriber metrics. Any future disclosures of subscriber numbers or revenue trends will be scrutinized for evidence of QuitGPT's commercial impact.
• Competitor positioning. Anthropic, Google, Mistral, xAI, and other AI labs are expected to publicly differentiate on values transparency in response to the controversy.