The Architecture Mapped — Click Any Zone to Read the Investigation
Mapping the intersection of Big Tech, AI Policy, and the law firms that act as conduits for both influence and information. Threshold for this group: $10,000+ trades. Data harvest pending — run commands below to populate.
| Individual | Role | Law Firm |
|---|---|---|
| Elon Musk | Tesla/xAI/DOGE | Quinn Emanuel |
| Sam Altman | OpenAI CEO | Latham & Watkins |
| David Sacks | AI/Crypto Czar | — |
| Marc Andreessen | a16z GP | Gunderson Dettmer |
| Ben Horowitz | a16z GP | Gunderson Dettmer |
| Brian Armstrong | Coinbase CEO | Fenwick & West |
| Individual | Role | Law Firm |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Karp | Palantir CEO | Susman Godfrey |
| Peter Thiel | Founders Fund / PLTR | Skadden Arps |
| Palmer Luckey | Anduril Founder | Skadden Arps |
| Trae Stephens | Anduril / Founders Fund | Wiley Rein |
| Individual | Role | Law Firm |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Sullivan Roberts | Legal Recruiter (Roberts spouse) | Major, Lindsey & Africa |
| Leonard Leo | Federalist Society / Marble Freedom Trust | Jones Day / Consovoy McCarthy |
| Dan Scavino | WH Deputy Chief of Staff | — |
| Pam Bondi | Attorney General | — |
| Firm | Entity | Connection / FEC Hit |
|---|---|---|
| Gibson Dunn | Polymarket | Confirmed outside counsel. BOUTROUS, THEODORE: $55,700 donated 1d before Hormuz escalation. POLLACK, JOHN: $70,000 5d before Hormuz closure extended. |
| Gibson Dunn | Google / Anduril | SHARF, JESSE: $25,000 1d before Anduril $22B DoD contract. BATTS, EDWARD: $15,000 4d before DOJ drops Google antitrust. CLUSTER FLAGS |
| Gibson Dunn | SpaceX IPO ★ DUAL ENTRY | FIRST CONNECTED HERE · June 1, 2026 — IPO counsel of record, Houston office (S-1 confirmed May 20 2026, CIK 0001181412). Same firm as Polymarket outside counsel (Casino series). One firm: largest IPO in history ($1.75T SPCX) AND prediction market generating federal criminal cases. House Oversight Comer records deadline June 5. CATASTROPHIC ORBIT FLAG |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | SPCX / Cipher Mining ★ DUAL ENTRY | FIRST CONNECTED HERE · June 1, 2026 — SPCX co-manager underwriter (S-1 confirmed May 20 2026). Howard Lutnick = Commerce Secretary. Brandon Lutnick = 1,723 donor correlations in dashboard. Cantor Fitzgerald connected to Cipher Mining $14.236M Treasury bond event (16/20). SpaceX IPO underwriter AND Cipher Mining/Lutnick orbit. HIGH ORBIT FLAG |
| Anthropic | SpaceX Colossus Compute / Competing IPO ★ NEW | FIRST CONNECTED HERE · June 1, 2026 — Anthropic files confidential S-1 June 1, 2026. $1.25B/month Colossus compute lease (SpaceX S-1 Note 18): 220,000+ NVIDIA GPUs, Colossus 1 and 2, Memphis. 90-day termination clause either party. Musk characterized arrangement as “military strategic reserve.” Two competing IPOs: SpaceX controls compute infrastructure of Anthropic. DOGE federal AI procurement visibility simultaneous with Musk’s SpaceX competing for same contracts. Quinn Emanuel = Musk personal counsel; Gibson Dunn = SpaceX corporate IPO counsel — two-firm split signals distinct personal liability exposure. CATASTROPHIC ORBIT FLAG |
| Willkie Farr | Polymarket CLO pipeline | Neal Kumar (Polymarket CLO) from Willkie Farr. GOTTLIEB, MICHAEL: $12,500 15d before AI chip export EO. |
| A&O Shearman | KuCoin | Confirmed defense counsel — KuCoin CFTC $500K + DOJ $300M settlement (2024). Rescan needed (API timeout). |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | CFTC crypto defense | Major CFTC crypto enforcement defense practice. Already tracked. |
| Steptoe & Johnson | CFTC regulatory | Major CFTC regulatory advisory. 7 hits near policy events in current scan. |
| Firm | Entity | Connection / FEC Hit |
|---|---|---|
| White & Case | CRML (Critical Metals) | Confirmed U.S. securities counsel — SEC CORRESP 2024–2026 (Jason A. Rocha, Houston). CRML holds 92.5% Tanbreez deposit, Greenland. DUFNER, DANIEL: $50,000 3d before Burr stock event. |
| Paul Hastings | REalloys (ALOY) | Confirmed underwriters' counsel — ALOY prospectus. REalloys: DLA $1.7M Terves contract, Kasper advisory board, 15-yr offtake signed May 21, 2026. |
| Kirkland & Ellis | China rare earth cluster | LEVY, JENNIFER (attorney): $10,000 donated 0 days before China Rare Earth Export Controls (Oct 1, 2025). Score 420 — highest in dataset. CLUSTER FLAG |
| Crowell & Moring | DOD contracts | Major government contracts practice. Cross-ref DLA Terves LLC contract period (March 2026). |
| Wiley Rein | Defense trade law | Government contracts / trade law. Cross-ref Kasper SGE period and REalloys advisory appointment. |
SpaceX filed its S-1 on May 20, 2026. 2025 revenue: $18.67B. Operating loss: -$2.59B. Board appointed Feb 2026 (Ehrenpreis, Glein) — same month xAI merged into SpaceX (Feb 2, 2026). Source: public SEC EDGAR filing. All figures from audited consolidated financial statements.
| Name | Role | Other Affiliations | Board Since | Conflicts / Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elon Musk | CEO / CTO / Chairman | Tesla (CEO) · Neuralink · Boring Company · X/xAI (merged Feb 2026) | May 2002 | SEC SETTLEMENT $20M civil penalty (2018 Tesla tweet). xAI CEO + SpaceX CEO during merger — self-approval conflict. |
| Gwynne Shotwell | President / COO / Director | Polaris Inc. (board) · Northwestern Univ. trustees | Mar 2009 | Attorney-in-fact for Musk and Johnsen per S-1 signature page. Signs all SEC filings. |
| Bret Johnsen | CFO | USC Trustee · Previously Broadcom VP/Controller · Mindspeed CFO | — | Signs all SEC filings with Shotwell per power of attorney. |
| Ira Ehrenpreis | Director | Tesla board · DBL Partners (founder/managing member) · Stanford Precourt Energy | Feb 2026 | DUAL BOARD On Tesla board while SpaceX buys $637M from Tesla (2025). Ehrenpreis joined SpaceX board same month xAI merged. |
| Randy Glein | Director | DFJ Growth (co-founder/managing partner) · Previously FeedBurner CFO (acq. Google) · Hughes Space / DIRECTV | Feb 2026 (observer 2009) | Board observer 17 years before formal appointment. DFJ Growth invests in 100+ growth-stage tech companies — undisclosed SpaceX-adjacent portfolio possible. |
| Antonio J. Gracias | Director | Valor Management LLC (CEO/CIO, $55B AUM) · Neuralink board (May 2026) · Boring Company board (May 2026) · Prev. Tesla Lead Independent Director 2007–2021 | Oct 2010 | SELF-DEALING Valor Equity Partners (Gracias's firm) leased AI hardware to CTC (xAI/SpaceX sub). Resulted in $4.507B in debt ($455M current + $4.052B long-term) on SpaceX balance sheet + $66M interest (2025). Failed sale-leaseback per auditors. |
| Donald Harrison | Director | Google LLC President, Global Partnerships & Corp Dev · Reliance Jio board (India's largest telecom) | Feb 2015 | COMPETITOR CONFLICT Active Google executive on SpaceX board. Google Cloud and Starlink compete in broadband/cloud. Harrison leads Google partnership/M&A strategy = access to SpaceX competitive intelligence. |
| Steve Jurvetson | Director | Future Ventures (co-founder) · The Metals Company (board) · Prev. DFJ managing director · Prev. Tesla board 2009–2020 · D-Wave investor | Mar 2009 | Future Ventures actively deploying VC while holding SpaceX board access = information asymmetry in space/tech sector. |
| Luke Nosek | Director | Gigafund (co-founder/managing partner) · Founders Fund GP (2006–2017) · PayPal co-founder (with Musk) · Last Energy (nuclear SMR) · Prev. DeepMind board | Jul 2008 | THIEL NETWORK Founders Fund = Peter Thiel / Palantir nexus (see ORBIT 2). Gigafund is dedicated SpaceX investment vehicle. Nosek manages fund while sitting on SpaceX board. |
| Date | Trade | Event (minutes later) | Est. Profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 03:40 | $920M crude short | Axios Iran peace report (+70 min) | ~$125M |
| Apr 17, 2026 | $750M crude short | Iran FM: Hormuz open (+20 min) | est. $90M+ |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $950M crude short | Trump ceasefire announcement | est. $115M+ |
| Mar 23, 2026 | $580M crude short | Trump pauses strikes (+15 min) | est. $70M+ |
FEC employer-based search: $10,000+ donations within ±30 days of key policy events. Pre-event weighted 2×. CLUSTER = donor also appears in insider trades near same event.
| Score | Firm | Donor / Role | Amount | Date | Committee | Timing | Policy Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | ACTBLUE | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER G.CLUSTER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | COOPER VICTORY FUND | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | ACTBLUE | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER G.CLUSTER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | COOPER VICTORY FUND | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | ACTBLUE | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER G.CLUSTER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | COOPER VICTORY FUND | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | ACTBLUE | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER G.CLUSTER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | COOPER VICTORY FUND | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | ACTBLUE | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 420 | Kirkland & Ellis | LEVY, JENNIFER G.CLUSTER ATTORNEY | $10,000 | 2025-10-01 | COOPER VICTORY FUND | 0d BEFORE event | China Rare Earth Export Controls |
| 410 | Gibson Dunn | BOUTROUS, THEODORE ATTORNEY | $55,700 | 2026-03-09 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | Iran Conflict Escalation - Strait o |
| 410 | Gibson Dunn | BOUTROUS, THEODORE ATTORNEY | $55,700 | 2026-03-09 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | Iran Conflict Escalation - Strait o |
| 410 | Gibson Dunn | BOUTROUS, THEODORE ATTORNEY | $44,300 | 2026-03-09 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | Iran Conflict Escalation - Strait o |
| 410 | Gibson Dunn | BOUTROUS, THEODORE ATTORNEY | $44,300 | 2026-03-09 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | Iran Conflict Escalation - Strait o |
| 409 | Gibson Dunn | SHARF, JESSE ATTORNEY | $25,000 | 2025-08-04 | UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('U | 1d BEFORE event | Anduril $22B DoD Counter-Drone Cont |
| 409 | Gibson Dunn | SHARF, JESSE ATTORNEY | $25,000 | 2025-08-04 | UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('U | 1d BEFORE event | Anduril $22B DoD Counter-Drone Cont |
| 409 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $24,000 | 2025-10-31 | ACTBLUE | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 409 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $24,000 | 2025-10-31 | JEFFRIES BATTLEGROUND PROTEC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 409 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW ATTORNEY | $24,000 | 2025-10-31 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 409 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $24,000 | 2025-10-31 | ACTBLUE | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 409 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $24,000 | 2025-10-31 | JEFFRIES BATTLEGROUND PROTEC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 409 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW ATTORNEY | $24,000 | 2025-10-31 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 408 | Skadden Arps | MULANEY, CHARLES JR ATTORNEY | $21,000 | 2025-08-04 | SECURE THE US SENATE 2026 | 1d BEFORE event | Anduril $22B DoD Counter-Drone Cont |
| 408 | Skadden Arps | MULANEY, CHARLES JR ATTORNEY | $21,000 | 2025-08-04 | SECURE THE US SENATE 2026 | 1d BEFORE event | Anduril $22B DoD Counter-Drone Cont |
| 408 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $20,300 | 2025-10-31 | ACTBLUE | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 408 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $20,300 | 2025-10-31 | JEFFRIES BATTLEGROUND PROTEC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 408 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW ATTORNEY | $20,300 | 2025-10-31 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 408 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $20,300 | 2025-10-31 | ACTBLUE | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 408 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW LAWYER | $20,300 | 2025-10-31 | JEFFRIES BATTLEGROUND PROTEC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
| 408 | Latham & Watkins | CLUBOK, ANDREW ATTORNEY | $20,300 | 2025-10-31 | DCCC | 1d BEFORE event | 100% Chinese Import Tariffs + Criti |
