"The previously undisclosed board of an ascendant DC think tank pushing Democrats to the center includes a Democratic Party megadonor with a stake in artificial intelligence chip designer Nvidia, which could benefit from the organization’s efforts to defend data center build-outs and limit AI regulation.

The Lever exclusively reports that philanthropist Simone Coxe — whose multibillion-dollar fortune largely comes from her venture capitalist husband’s investments in Nvidia — sits on the board of the Searchlight Institute, a new center-left DC think tank. Nvidia is heavily invested in data center expansion.

Coxe, also the cofounder of and director at California news organization CalMatters and a prolific Democratic donor, is listed as a director of the Searchlight Institute in the organization’s DC incorporation documents. The think tank has not disclosed its association with Coxe or her husband, Tench Coxe.

Searchlight’s board of directors has not been previously reported. It includes other rich and powerful investors with a stake in the AI build-out, such as billionaire hedge fund manager Stephen Mandel. Mandel’s investment firm Lone Pine Capital is heavily invested in the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the largest manufacturer of chips designed by Nvidia."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/democrats-coxe-ai-searchlight-nvidia

#USA #AI #AIRegulation #ThinkTanks #SearchLightInstitute #Nvidia

RE: https://mastodon.au/@smitjo/116373831420467209

Why aren't Australia Institute live tracking:
1. how many deaths are caused by not leaving that gas in the ground?
2. export taxes owed from all fossil fuel exports, including coal, iron ore (diesel rebate, uses coal to be processed) and industrial agriculture such as meat?
3. damages from fossil fuel emissions?
3. untaxed wealth from Australia's 170 billionaires who are currently taxed at a rate of 0.8%?
#AusPol #Australia #fossilfuels #emissions #billionaires #AustraliaInstitute #thinktanks

This well written essay on the #altright movement in #Alberta #Canada could have been written in any #European language, as it's very comparable to what's happening in #Europe right now.

Each one of these "movements" come from the bowels of #thinktanks and #mediacompanies who would see #western society burn to the ground so they can profit off the ashes.

The threat to sovereignty wears a political hat.

Among the Separatists | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/04/01/Among_Separatists/

Of interest for some.

> The IPS Iran Reader https://ips-dc.org/the-ips-iran-reader/ via Institute for Policy Studies

#Iran #warfare #AmericanEmpire #explainer #resources #ThinkTanks

The Guardian | ‘Doge of the left’ could save UK taxpayers up to £30bn, says new green thinktank by Heather Stewart Economics editor

Report by Verdant says rooting out waste, fraud and tax avoidance would save money that could help improve public services

A “Doge of the left,” could save up to £30bn a year for taxpayers by rooting out waste, fraud and tax avoidance, according to the first report from a new green thinktank.

Launched amid growing interest in the future manifesto of Zack Polanksi’s Green party, the Verdant thinktank will be co-chaired by James Meadway, a former adviser to Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell, and civil society campaigner Deborah Doane.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/25/doge-of-the-left-save-uk-taxpayers-30bn-green-thinktank

#publicfinance #taxavoidance #thinktanks