ControlAI’s disclosed US lobbying operation
Researched 13 September 2026. These are newly acquired older filings, not newly announced September spending.
US filings turn the campaign into a more concrete operating structure: a US legal entity reports lobbying expenses, named lobbyists and work directed at Congress. Control AI US reported USD120,000 for Q1 and USD80,000 for Q2 2026. The US reports identify Secure Future Research in their foreign-interest disclosures. The two quarters sum to USD200,000 in rounded expense estimates; contractor disclosures and foreign-entity contribution entries must not be added as independent spending without reconciliation. First-quarter report; second-quarter report.
The initial registration became effective July 1, 2025 and names Max Hernandez-Zapata, disclosing his earlier job as a legislative assistant to Representative Brian Higgins. Connor Leahy appears alongside him in both 2026 quarterly reports. Nathan Morrison’s March19 registration identifies a consulting relationship with Control AI US; the second-quarter report also names him.
The lobbying issues are artificial superintelligence and loss-of-control risks, and the listed audiences are the House and Senate. The reports do not identify individual meetings or say who wrote the Sanders-Casar proposal. They establish a financed, staffed advocacy operation rather than merely a collection of sympathetic voices.
Foreign-entity disclosures identify Secure Future Research Ltd. The registration reports a USD25,000 contribution entry and 0% ownership; Morrison’s separate form has a USD5,000 entry. The form allows several grounds for foreign-entity disclosure. Those entries do not identify an exact transfer date, establish UK-government sponsorship, or settle the terms of UK-US direction.
What would reveal more
The highest-value missing records are consulting and intercompany agreements, the reporting workpapers behind expenses, and named-office meeting or drafting records. Those would connect the disclosed operation to specific activities and decisions.