Protecting Competition in Current and Emerging Technologies
Working to create a fair and competitive technology ecosystem that empowers consumers, workers, and small businesses.
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Pay-to-Play Antitrust: How Trump’s Justice Department Is Gutting Competition Law
The Well News | Sep 05, 2025
US keeps up the heat on EU tech laws
Politico Morning Tech | Aug 08, 2025
It's time to stop the monopolization of generative AI.
Big Tech's Takeover of Generative AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and others limits competition, jeopardizes consumer rights, privacy, and ethical AI advancement.
Our Mission
NextGen Competition is on a mission to create a fair and competitive technology ecosystem that empowers consumers, workers, and small businesses by supporting robust enforcement of antitrust laws and policies.
Our aim is to enable many independent technology companies to innovate, compete, and offer differentiated services, and to rectify the profound imbalance of power that allows the largest technology firms to unilaterally set terms and conditions for everyone, use our data, and capture our attention without meaningful constraints.
Priorities
NextGen Competition supports robust enforcement of antitrust laws and policies to challenge the persistent market power of the world's largest technology players like Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
This dominance and power hands them an unprecedented level of control over digital technologies and online commerce. The effects of this dominance are widespread, touching every corner of the modern connected economy and information systems we rely on every day.
Our organization is focused on building an environment to support:
Competitive Search & Digital Ads Networks
Ending App Store Monopolies
A more competitive E-commerce ecosystem
Generative AI Innovation
A vibrant, connected devices and services ecosystem
About NextGen Competition
Sumit Sharma
Executive Director
Sumit Sharma is an economist, advocate, and tech policy expert. His work includes expert advisory services on competition and regulatory matters, serving as the in-house economist for a mobile operator, and the lead advocate on competition and antitrust matters for Consumer Reports. His experience includes expert witness proceedings and advising companies, regulators, and governments on strategy, policy design, competition, antitrust, and investment matters.
Sumit has worked with allies in civil society and companies supporting pro-competitive policy changes required to ensure a marketplace that works for everyone, not just the largest technology companies. As executive director, he will continue this work to ensure fairer and more competitive technology marketplaces.
George Rakis
Executive Director Emeritus
Having previously served as Executive Director, George Rakis is a long-time veteran of national politics and progressive advocacy. He has worked with environmental groups as Director of the Climate Action Campaign, the labor movement, and electoral politics.
As executive director, he's working to support a robust and competitive technology ecosystem that opposes anti-competitive business practices that undermine worker protections, threaten data privacy, and limit consumer choice.
Aaron Alberico and Bradley Joseph Sinkaus
Communications Consultants
The communications strategy for NextGen Competition is supported by Aaron and Bradley, seasoned public affairs professionals with extensive experience in technology policy and competition issues. Together, they bring years of experience supporting advocacy campaigns, regulatory engagement, and coalition efforts on behalf of a range of clients.
Their work includes overseeing all aspects of NGC's communications—from crafting compelling press releases and public statements to managing social media, producing newsletters, and developing messaging strategies that break through the noise.
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Pay-to-Play Antitrust: How Trump’s Justice Department Is Gutting Competition Law
The Well News | Sep 05, 2025
- Can the fight against concentration of economic power survive the incredible attacks coming from within the Trump administration? Decisions are now being made by political appointees and lobbyists with no antitrust expertise against the advice of the administration’s own experts.
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US keeps up the heat on EU tech laws
Politico Morning Tech | Aug 08, 2025
- Probing a Meta acquisition: A dozen public interest groups are asking the FTC to investigate Meta’s purchase of Scale AI over antitrust concerns. Read their letter here.
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Exclusive: FTC pushed to investigate Meta's Scale AI deal
Axios Pro | Aug 07, 2025
- The Federal Trade Commission should investigate Meta's investment in Scale AI, a dozen consumer advocacy and competition groups wrote to the agency Thursday.
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Advocacy Groups Urge FTC to Probe Meta’s $14.3 Billion Investment in Scale AI
Competition Policy International | Aug 07, 2025
- A coalition of consumer advocacy and competition watchdog organizations is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Meta’s recent multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence firm Scale AI.
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FTC Urged To Investigate Meta's $14.3B Scale AI Investment
Law360 | Aug 07, 2025
- A group of advocacy organizations is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Meta's recent $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, saying it fits into a "buy or bury" strategy to eliminate competition...
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US FTC should investigate Meta's $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, groups say
MLex | Aug 07, 2025
- Meta Platforms' investment in Scale AI by acquiring a 49% stake for $14.3 billion is deeply concerning as it is an effort by the tech giant to further entrench its market power in generative AI model development, personal social media networking; and digital advertising, a group of 12 advocacy groups said in a letter to US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson.
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Watchdogs Seek FTC Probe Of Meta-Scale AI Deal
Media Post | Aug 07, 2025
- Advocacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Meta Platforms' $14.3 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in artificial intelligence company Scale AI.
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[Newsletter] Top Hat & Thimble - July 2025
NextGen Competition | Aug 06, 2025
- With Big Tech investing billions in the promise of AI, there is a dangerous risk that this key technology will be controlled by just a few firms and individuals.
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[Newsletter] Top Hat & Thimble - June 2025
NextGen Competition | Jul 03, 2025
- This Apple has fallen far from the tree. It has betrayed its key promises to its customers and partners. It is no longer innovating, falling behind on AI, and eking out incremental iPhone improvements year after year. Its privacy promises are broken. It sells iPhone user data to Google for close to 20 billion dollars annually.
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