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The Broligarchs
Gore's April 2026 HumanX term for the PR-, law firm-, consultant-driven technology executives whose concentrated power captures AI governance in their own interest.
Broligarchs is Al Gore's pointed term, deployed at the HumanX conference in April 2026, for the specific configuration of technology executives whose concentrated wealth, political influence, and institutional access have positioned them to capture AI governance. The word combines bro — the cultural register of Silicon Valley's male-dominated executive class — with oligarch, the political-science term for a small group whose concentrated resources give them disproportionate governance influence. Gore's use of the word was deliberately provocative, naming a political economy that technology coverage typically obscures behind euphemisms about innovation, disruption, and leadership.
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The term has specific referents. The CEOs of the major AI companies, the venture capitalists whose capital allocations shape the industry's trajectory, the technology executives who have crossed into explicit political activity, and the network of lawyers, consultants, and communications professionals who translate their preferences into regulatory outcomes. Gore's framing insists that this is not a collection of individuals but a structurally coherent power configuration whose influence