The 26-year-old CEO who became Washington's AI whisperer

> Other lawmakers had similarly complimentary things to say about Wang, whose company spent over $1 million on federal lobbying last year

That is a lot of money for a startup to spend on political lobbying but given that AI is already tied up with the military-industrial complex this is pretty sensible. Kid wants to make it big so he's making friends with the right people in the right places.