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Mission Statement

Tech Integrity Project works to protect the national security and economic competitiveness of the United States by preventing American Big Tech companies from helping our adversaries, particularly the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). We educate presidential candidates and the public on the troubling business practices of companies like Microsoft and Apple who have sold out to China—aiding and abetting the CCP to gain access to China’s market and reap profits.


The American people and our hard-fought freedoms are what enabled these companies to become the behemoths they are today. They should put our country first. Instead, Big Tech is helping China with artificial intelligence, giving trade secrets to the CCP, and selling sensitive technologies to Chinese firms who serve China’s military and commit human rights atrocities.


The stakes are too high. Whichever country wins the race to artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies will rule the 21st century. We can’t afford to have American companies threatening our security. We oppose Big Tech business practices that help China, and we support policies that would restrict and prevent this behavior.   

Logan Shine

Executive Director

Logan brings nearly a decade of political and government relations experience which he leverages to provide his clients with invaluable insight into the process.

 

He previously served as policy advisor and legislative liaison for Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Adam Gregg from 2018-2021. Logan had unparalleled access to the Iowa legislature and worked across party lines to secure bipartisan support for significant tax reform, workforce initiatives, education, broadband, and economic development programs.

 

Following his tenure in the Governor’s office, Logan joined a national company as Vice President of Government Affairs. He gained insight into what corporations look for – results. In this leadership role, Logan was instrumental in positioning the company to successfully compete and receive a multi-million dollar award from the State.

 

Logan earned a law degree from Drake University where he received a specialized certificate in Legislative Practice which has allowed him to build relationships in both the Legislative and Executive branches of government.

Geoffrey Cain

Policy Director

Geoffrey Cain is a technologist and author whose bestselling books cover the dangers of technology gone awry and the importance of protecting democracy.


His recent book, The Perfect Police State, investigated the surveillance industry in China, where AI and other technologies, many developed and delivered by American Big Tech companies, were used to take away 1.8 million people to concentration camps and create the world's most brutal police state. The book was cited for the 2021 Cornelius Ryan Award from the Overseas Press Club for best nonfiction book on international affairs.


As a congressional innovation fellow, he served as a senior technology policy advisor on the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He regularly testifies before Congress on the threats of China's technologies and gives news commentary on CNN, Bloomberg TV, Fox News, and NPR.



Cain holds an MA with distinction in Asian studies from the University of London and a BA from George Washington University.

Media Inquiries

Cain: Distillation Drama

April 30, 2026
In a recent Politico newsletter , TIP Policy Director Geoffrey Cain warns that while the White House is moving to crack down on Chinese AI distillation attacks, U.S. tech companies may be undermining those efforts. Cain argues that policymakers “cannot ignore” how firms like Microsoft could be enabling access to advanced AI systems through global infrastructure, pointing to reported loopholes in cloud services. The warning follows new disclosures that foreign actors have used proxy accounts to extract capabilities from U.S. AI models, a growing tactic in the U.S.-China tech race. ### Full statement: “The White House is right to sound the alarm on China’s industrial-scale theft of American AI. But if Washington is serious about stopping distillation, it cannot ignore the role that U.S. tech giants themselves are playing in handing China the keys. “Microsoft runs an AI research lab inside China that has trained a generation of the country’s top AI talent — including multiple engineers who went on to help build DeepSeek. Microsoft provides Chinese companies, including state-owned enterprises, access to OpenAI’s advanced models through its Azure joint venture, even as OpenAI claims to have banned China from using its products. And Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, and other U.S. cloud providers have been selling remote access to restricted U.S. chips and frontier AI models to Chinese state-linked entities—a loophole in current export controls. “You cannot credibly fight Chinese AI theft while your own business model depends on enabling it. As part of this welcome effort, the Administration should scrutinize U.S. companies’ China dealings that may be facilitating the distillation it aims to prevent. American AI leadership does not mean handing our crown jewels to Beijing in the pursuit of short-term profits.”

U.S. Tech Firms Must Stop Enabling China’s AI Theft

April 24, 2026
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Wednesday accused foreign entities — principally based in China — of waging “industrial-scale” campaigns to distill American frontier AI models, using tens of thousands of proxy accounts and jailbreaking techniques to extract proprietary capabilities. In a memorandum to executive departments and agencies (NSTM-4), OSTP Director Michael Kratsios announced that the Trump Administration will share threat intelligence with U.S. AI companies, help industry coordinate defenses, and explore measures to hold foreign actors accountable. The memo follows reports from OpenAI and Anthropic documenting distillation attacks by Chinese labs including DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, and a House Select Committee on China investigation finding that Chinese AI labs are using fraudulent accounts and unauthorized API access to train on U.S. models. Tech Integrity Project Policy Director Geoffrey Cain offered the following statement: “The White House is right to sound the alarm on China’s industrial-scale theft of American AI. But if Washington is serious about stopping distillation, it cannot ignore the role that U.S. tech giants themselves are playing in handing China the keys. “Microsoft runs an AI research lab inside China that has trained a generation of the country’s top AI talent — including multiple engineers who went on to help build DeepSeek. Microsoft provides Chinese companies, including state-owned enterprises, access to OpenAI’s advanced models through its Azure joint venture, even as OpenAI claims to have banned China from using its products. And Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, and other U.S. cloud providers have been selling remote access to restricted U.S. chips and frontier AI models to Chinese state-linked entities—a loophole in current export controls. “You cannot credibly fight Chinese AI theft while your own business model depends on enabling it. As part of this welcome effort, the Administration should scrutinize U.S. companies’ China dealings that may be facilitating the distillation it aims to prevent. American AI leadership does not mean handing our crown jewels to Beijing in the pursuit of short-term profits.”