Meta spokesperson Rachel Holland said the company is investing tens of millions of dollars in the project to counter state-level tech policy proposals, over 1,100 of which were introduced in 2025, which Meta believes could disadvantage the U.S. in the AI competition with China.

In June, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., urged Congress to remove a provision in the administration's budget bill that would ban state-level artificial intelligence protections for 10 years. "AI can be a great tool for individuals, businesses and governments, but there have to be common-sense safeguards in place," the governor warned in an opinion essay in the Washington Post.