Event Recap: Standing-Room-Only Hill Briefing Makes the Case for Smarter AI Competition Policy
On June 12, 2025, ACT | The App Association held a standing-room-only Hill briefing, Getting AI Policy Right: A Roadmap for Innovation, Investment, and Competition, where we released our latest white paper, Antitrust at a Crossroads: Protecting Innovation in the AI Era, laying out a framework for antitrust policy that supports, rather than sidelines, American AI innovation. The panel brought together technologists, legal experts, and startup leaders who delivered a clear message: broad, preemptive antitrust proposals risk doing more [...]
ACT | The App Association Files Amicus Brief Representing Small App Companies in Epic v. Apple
WASHINGTON – Today ACT | The App Association filed an amicus curiae brief in the ongoing case of Epic Games, Inc., v. Apple Inc., et al. representing the views of small app developers and the disruption to their businesses that Epic’s selfish profiteering would cause. The App Association’s members are small business developers, innovators, and entrepreneurs who leverage the connectivity of smart devices to create innovative software applications used on mobile devices to solve everyday consumer and enterprise challenges. Epic [...]
ACT | The App Association Statement on Removal of AI Pause from Senate Reconciliation Bill
"We are disappointed by the Senate's retreat from supporting small businesses and innovation in AI" said Morgan Reed, president of ACT | The App Association. "This is a setback for our members and other small tech companies that are the leading edge of AI solutions across every industry from healthcare to agriculture to supply chain management. It's not ideal. No pause means asking small businesses to navigate a patchwork of state laws and conflicting or missing definitions of what [...]
Update to AI Pause Provision Strengthens Focus on Supporting Innovation
WASHINGTON - ACT | The App Association continues to support the AI Pause included in the budget reconciliation bill for its benefits to small technology companies. "The updated provision is an example of well-balanced policy that gives small business innovators clarity and confidence to make big, multi-year bets on new tech. It also gives policymakers the space to address bad actors who are just using AI as a new vector to continue harassing or misleading consumers" said Morgan Reed, president [...]