Rogers held millions of dollars in AI-related tech companies; his investments ballooned as he advocated for data centers and AI infrastructure buildout.
Rogers catapulted himself from a prestigious position on the House Intelligence Community to the tech investor boardroom; his investments scored federal contracts and Rogers championed their priorities.
Rogers Held Up To $2.6 Million Of Shares In AI-Related Tech Companies. According to The Lever, “According to a Lever analysis of Rogers’ most recent financial disclosure, the former U.S. representative holds between $1.7 million and $2.6 million in companies that stand to benefit from tech-friendly policies and a streamlined permitting process for AI-related developments.” [Lever, 8/17/26]
Rogers Raised Nearly $200,000 From AI And Data Center Investors. According to The Lever, “As Rogers faces off against Abdul El-Sayed for a U.S. Senate seat in November, the former congressman has raised nearly $150,000 in campaign cash from a number of individuals with AI and data center investments. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, staunch Trump supporters and investors in multiple AI companies, together gave $14,000 to Rogers’ campaign, and seven executives from private equity firm Blackstone donated $34,500, disclosures show.” [Lever, 8/17/26]
Rogers Retired As Chairman Of The House Intelligence Committee; He Openly Sought A More Lucrative Private Sector Career And Joined Forgepoint Capital Just Months After His Retirement. According to The Lever, “During his 14-year term in the House of Representatives, Rogers reached one of the most powerful positions in the lower chamber: chair of the House Intelligence Committee, which oversees the CIA, the Pentagon, and the broader intelligence community. Just before retiring from Congress in 2015, Rogers backed a plan that would allow the National Security Agency to conduct warrantless subpoenas of Americans’ phone records, an issue that remains contentious today. His retirement came as a surprise, but Republican aides told The New York Times that Rogers was seeking a more lucrative career than what the public sector could offer. He seemingly found that when he entered the venture capital industry, where he has helped steer investments toward cybersecurity and AI companies. Months after retiring from Congress, Rogers joined the advisory council of Trident Capital Cybersecurity, which became Forgepoint in 2018.” [Lever, 8/17/26]
Rogers Declined To Comment On His AI And Tech-Heavy Investments. According to The Lever, “Rogers’ campaign did not respond to a request for comment.” [Lever, 8/17/26]
Government Watchdog Group Revolving Door Project Criticized Rogers’ “Cashing In On His Past Influence” And Eyeing “Potential Future Prominence.” According to The Lever, “‘Mike Rogers has done a good job of cashing in on his past influence, but I also think that some of the cashing in has been with an eye toward his potential future prominence,” said Jeff Hauser, founder and executive director of the Revolving Door Project, a government watchdog group.” [Lever, 8/17/26]
Forgepoint’s “National Venture Capital Association” Spent More Than $4.4 Million To Lobby Both Congress And The White House On “AI Policy Issues” And Permitting Reform On AI Infrastructure Construction. According to The Lever, “Forgepoint is a member of the National Venture Capital Association, an industry lobbying group that has spent more than $4.4 million since 2025 lobbying the White House, Congress, and other regulators on ‘artificial Intelligence policy issues,’ and other matters, disclosures show. The association also wants to streamline federal permitting rules for AI infrastructure, as well as overhaul a crucial environmental protection rule. ” [Lever, 8/17/26]
Rogers Endorsed Trump’s AI Policy Framework And Sought To Ease The Permitting Process On Data Center Construction. According to The Lever, “In March, Rogers endorsed Trump’s newly released ‘National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,’ which includes plans to speed up federal permitting for data centers and other AI infrastructure. The plan calls for Congress to ‘ensure that residential ratepayers do not experience increased electricity costs as a result of new AI data center construction and operation.’ Rogers, echoing the Trump administration, told Michigan news outlets that he wants to make the permitting process easier for AI companies, and supports localities choosing if they want data centers. ‘We have to make Michigan competitive for new AI-supported jobs and investments that grow our state, while setting a responsible framework for safety and data privacy,’ he said. ‘We need to make sure data centers pay for all their own power usage so that Michiganders aren’t footing the bill in higher rates.’” [Lever, 8/17/26]
A Majority Of Michiganders Opposed Data Center Construction In Their Communities And Michigan Relied Heavily On Private Underground Wells. According to The Lever, “Polling from May showed that 55 percent of Michiganders opposed building data centers within 25 miles of their homes. That opposition softened somewhat when the hypothetical developments were accompanied by electricity cost restrictions and other safeguards. Michigan has one of the largest populations of residents who use private underground wells for clean drinking water, with nearly half of its residents relying on groundwater.” [Lever, 8/17/26]