๐ป Technology A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Techโs $100M gunfight Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom. TE TechCrunch 18 Jun 2026 17 hours ago 1 min read TechCrunch โ 18 June 2026 Text: Aโ A+ 4 0 0 ๐๏ธ Listen ๐ Translate ๐ Translate: ๐ฌ๐ง EN ๐ธ๐ฆ AR ๐ต๐ฐ UR ๐ฎ๐ณ HI ๐ซ๐ท FR ๐ช๐ธ ES ๐ฉ๐ช DE ๐น๐ท TR ๐จ๐ณ ZH ๐ท๐บ RU ๐ง๐ท PT โ ๐๏ธ AI Podcast โ Two-Host Discussion A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Techโs $100M gunfight Kokoro TTS ยท ~5 min episode ยท American English voices โ ๐ค Voice Selectionโผ tap to expand Choose voices for Host A and Host B. Changes take effect on next play. Host A ๐ฅ Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Fenrir (Rich, authoritative) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Onyx (Strong, broadcast) Liam (Youthful, conversational) Bella (Warm, expressive) Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Daniel (Polished, clear) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) Alejandro (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) Siwis (F, expressive) Alpha (F, clear) Gongitsune (F, natural) Kumo (M, deep) Xiaobei (F, bright) Yunyang (M, warm) Alpha (F, natural) Omega (M, clear) Sara (F, expressive) Nicola (M, rich) Dora (F, warm) Alex (M, clear) Host B ๐ฆ Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Bella (Warm, expressive) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Dora (F, warm) Alejandro (M, clear) Siwis (F, expressive) Nezuko (F, bright) Tebukuro (F, calm) Kumo (M, deep) Yunxi (F, energetic) Yunyang (M, warm) Omega (M, clear) Alpha (F, natural) Nicola (M, rich) Sara (F, expressive) Alex (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) ๐๏ธ Regenerate with Selected Voices A Now Speaking โ Generating podcastโฆ Synthesising speech โ will play automatically when readyโฆ โถ 0:00 / 0:00 1ร Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom. This report com Read Full Story at TechCrunch โ Advertisement ai ticker:GE React: ๐ฅ0 ๐ฎ0 ๐ข0 ๐ก0 โค๏ธ0 ๐ค0 Read original story at TechCrunch Sources TechCrunch Sponsored Related Stories ๐ป Technology You can now beat ChatGPT Codex rate limits, if you have friends Android Authority ยท 6 days ago ๐ป Technology Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant TechCrunch ยท 19 days ago ๐ป Technology Cash App made a magic wand for contactless payments The Verge ยท 14 days ago ๐ป Technology Coders are refusing to work without AIย โย and that could come back to bite them TechCrunch ยท 20 days ago ๐ป Technology Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access TechCrunch ยท 17 days ago ๐ป Technology Asus gives the ROX Xbox Ally the OLED screen it deserves Ars Technica ยท 17 days ago