LobbyingScale AI lobbying by quarter
Scale AI's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $740K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $1.9M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Defense and Science/Technology.
Scale AI
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $1.9M
- Last 4 quarters
- vs last quarter
- −100.0%
- Q3 2026 against the quarter before
- First report
- Q4 2022
- The first quarter a report named it
Lobbying by quarter
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $320K | 3 |
| Q1 2023 | $190K | 3 |
| Q2 2023 | $200K | 2 |
| Q3 2023 | $270K | 3 |
| Q4 2023 | $200K | 2 |
| Q1 2024 | $240K | 2 |
| Q2 2024 | $230K | 2 |
| Q3 2024 | $240K | 2 |
| Q4 2024 | $240K | 2 |
| Q1 2025 | $290K | 2 |
| Q2 2025 | $290K | 2 |
| Q3 2025 | $360K | 4 |
| Q4 2025 | $570K | 4 |
| Q1 2026 | $540K | 4 |
| Q2 2026 | $740K | 4 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Defense$1.6M · 35 reports
- Science and technology$1.2M · 29 reports
- Intelligence and surveillance$1.1M · 19 reports
- Budget and appropriations$398K · 9 reports
- Computer industry$210K · 4 reports
- Energy and nuclear$208K · 2 reports
- Labor, antitrust and workplace$190K · 3 reports
- Economic development$40K · 2 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES37 reports
- SENATE37 reports
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)10 reports
- White House Office7 reports
- Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)4 reports
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)4 reports
- Energy, Dept of2 reports
- Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency2 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseScale AI | $3.8M | 15 quarters |
| Cornerstone Government Affairs | $640K | 12 quarters |
| Mehlman Consulting | $210K | 4 quarters |
| The Halcrow Group | $200K | 4 quarters |
| Ballard Partners | $40K | 2 quarters |
| SHW Partners | $0 | 4 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| ANDREW FLICK | Spec Asst to the Pres & Sr Adv for Cong Affairs and Strategic Outreach, Office of the VP; Exec Dir, New Democrat Coalition; Chief of Staff (Trone); Dep Chief of Staff (Moulton); Leg Director (Costa); Leg Asst (Skelton) | Q2 2026 |
| ARIEL MARSHALL | Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, Dept of Energy (2023-2025); Legislative Director, Senior Domestic Policy Advisor, February, Senior Policy Advisory, Legislative Assistant, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (2015-2023) | Q2 2026 |
| JONATHAN VAN BUREN | Dist Staff Assoc, Asst, Legis Correspondent, Legis Aide, Rep Todd Young (2014-2019); Sr Legis Assistant, Rep Greg Pence (2019-2020); Legis Dir, Rep Trey Hollingsworth (2020-2021); Legis Dir, Dpty Chief of Staff/Legis Dir, Rep Erin Houchin (2023-2025) | Q2 2026 |
| KEITH STERN | Sr Advsr, House Dem Whip Katherine Clark; Dir of Floor Ops, HouseSpkr Pelosi; Dir of Floor Ops, House Dem Leader Pelosi; COS Rep JamesP. McGovern/House Rules Comm (shared); Rules Assoc, Rep James P.McGovern/House Rules Comm (shared) | Q2 2026 |
| PATRICK FLOOD | Deputy Chief of Staff (Bacon); National Security Advisor (Bacon) | Q2 2026 |
| STACY RICH | Leadership Staff Director, Senior Leadership Advisor and Floor Director, Leadership Advisor (Senate -Murray); Senate Cloakroom Asst, Dem Cloakroom (Reid, Daschle); Staff/Press Asst (Daschle) | Q2 2026 |
| TODD WEBSTER | Communications Senate Member Office (Murray, Daschle), Chief of Staff Senate Member Office (Coons) | Q2 2026 |
| ANTHONY LAZARSKI | Senior Legislative Advisor, Senate Member Office (Inhofe); Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Inhofe) | Q1 2026 |
| EARL SCOTT FLOOD | Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv, Csl (Rep. Terri Sewell); Csl (Rep. Cedric Richmond); Pol Aide (Sen. Claire McCaskill) | Q4 2025 |
| CHRISTIAN WALKER | Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Caseworker, House Office Member (Kirkpatrick) | Q2 2025 |
| CHRISTOPHER HODGSON | Legislative Assistant (Scalise), Floor Assistant & Deputy Floor Director for House Majority Whip (Scalise), Deputy Director & Director of Legislative Affairs (Pence) | Q2 2025 |
| COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS | Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt | Q2 2025 |
| DAVID PLANNING | Floor Dir, House Maj Whip; Staff Dir, House Smll Biz Cmte; Spec. Asst to Pres/Leg Affairs, Exec Office of Pres; Dep. Dir Coalitions& Mmbr Services, House Financial Cmte; Floor Asst, House Maj Whip; Spec. Asst, House Chf Dep. Whip; Staff Asst, Speaker | Q2 2025 |
| CHARLES CARITHERS | Prof Staff, House Homeland (Thompson); Brookings Legis Fellow, Senate Homeland (Carper) | Q1 2025 |
| KEVIN CHENG | Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent, House Member Office (Armstrong); Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, House Member Office (R. Davis) | Q1 2025 |
| WILLIAM SMITH | Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Deputy Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assist, House Member Office (Rogers); Staff Assistant, Senate Approps Cmte | Q1 2025 |
| ALEXANDER DAVIS | Senior Strategist, House Budget Cmte; Parliamentarian/Policy Director, House Approps Cmte; Professional Staff, House Rules Cmte; Staff Assistant, Rep. Tom Marino | Q4 2024 |
| DAO NGUYEN | Executive Director, Future Forum Caucus (Murphy), Senior Policy Advisor (Murphy), Senior Policy Advisor, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aid, Staff Assistant (Schiff) | Q4 2024 |
| MAX FENKELL | Legislative Assistant, Rep. Mark Sanford | Q4 2024 |
| HEATHER MOLINO | Staff Director House Intelligence Cmte; Deputy COS House Member Office, Director of Communications House Member Office (Ruppersberger) | Q2 2024 |
| ELIZABETH TEED GRIFFIN | Legislative Assistant, House Member Office (Westerman) | Q1 2024 |
| MICHAEL GOODMAN | Chief of Staff House Member Office (Kind), Legislative Staff House Member Office (Braley, Barrow) | Q1 2024 |
| KATELYN CONNER BUNNING | Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director Member Office (McConnell) | Q4 2023 |
| STEPHANIE HALCROW | Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee | Q3 2023 |
| DANIEL MCFAUL | Legislative Director to U.S. Representative Joe Scarborough; Chief of Staff to U.S. Representatives Jeff Miller and Matt Gaetz. | Q1 2023 |
| JASON SCHMID | Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee | Q1 2023 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09/25for Q4 2025 | Cornerstone Government Affairs | $60K |
| 08/28for Q3 2025 | The VM Group | Under $5,000 |
| 07/27for Q2 | SHW Partners | Under $5,000 |
| 07/20for Q2 | In-house | $620K |
| 07/17for Q2 | Mehlman Consulting | $60K |
| 07/15for Q2 | Cornerstone Government Affairs | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | In-house | $420K |
| 04/20for Q1 | SHW Partners | Under $5,000 |
| 04/17for Q1 | Mehlman Consulting | $60K |
| 04/14for Q1 | Cornerstone Government Affairs | $60K |
| 01/21for Q4 2025 | SHW Partners | Under $5,000 |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | In-house | $460K |
| 01/16for Q4 2025 | Mehlman Consulting | $50K |
| 01/05for Q4 2025 | Cornerstone Government Affairs | $60K |
| 25/10/21for Q3 2025 | In-house | $260K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | Mehlman Consulting | $40K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | SHW Partners | Under $5,000 |
| 25/10/14for Q3 2025 | Cornerstone Government Affairs | $60K |
| 25/09/03for Q2 2025 | In-house | $230K |
| 25/08/19for Q3 2025 | Mehlman Consulting | Under $5,000 |