Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push NYT - Technology By: Theodore Schleifer 16 October 2026 at 20:58 The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry. Β© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York TimesMetaβs annual conference last month in Menlo Park, Calif. The company received $22 million back from its American Technology Excellence Project and $3 million from a California advocacy group it funded.