Trump names tech billionaires Zuckerberg and Huang to science council focused on AI dominance
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Trump's new science panel is stuffed with high-tech billionaires
U.S. President Donald Trump today unveiled a set of scientific advisers heavily skewed toward artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, topics his administration has emphasized. The roster, unlike previous iterations of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
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Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are part of Trump's new 'tech panel'
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin will be the first four members of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), according to the Wall Street Journal. The panel, which will "weigh in on AI
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Trump Taps Zuckerberg, Andreessen and Huang for Tech Council
The council is part of Trump's push to establish "American dominance" in AI and digital assets, and he has secured commitments from tech leaders to build out AI infrastructure and unveiled a national blueprint for regulating AI. President Donald Trump appointed industry titans including Mark
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Trump names Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg to 13-member science and tech council
March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle (ORCL.N), opens new tab Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on AI policy and other issues,
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Trump names Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sergey Brin for tech advisory council
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? The White House is turning to Silicon Valley's top executives to help shape federal technology policy, naming Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison,
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Trump names Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison to tech council -- but no Musk, no Altman | Fortune
President Trump is turning to some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley -- including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang -- to help guide U.S. policy on AI and other key technologies through a new White House advisory council. A press
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President Trump Names Meta, Nvidia CEOs to White House Tech and Science Council - Decrypt
PCAST will advise on "opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce." President Donald Trump has named tech leaders including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to his President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST),
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Trump appoints Nvidia's Jensen Huang, AMD's Lisa Su, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and more to science and technology advisory committee
Comprised of 'distinguished individuals and representatives from sectors outside of the Federal Government appointed by the President.' President Trump has appointed members to a newly reestablished science and technology advisory council, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
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Meet the White House's 'Avengers' team tasked with keeping the US safe from AI
TL;DR: President Trump appointed a new PCAST council, co-chaired by David Sacks and Michael Kratsios, featuring tech leaders like Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, and Mark Zuckerberg. The council will advise on AI, climate change, health tech, semiconductors, and national security to strengthen U.S.
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Trump taps Zuckerberg, Andreessen and Huang for tech council
Washington | President Donald Trump appointed industry titans including Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, Oracle's Larry Ellison and Nvidia's Jensen Huang to a new presidential technology council that will focus on artificial intelligence policy and other
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Donald Trump names Nvidia, Meta CEOs to science and tech council
Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD CEO Lisa Su are also part of the initial batch of 13 members from the industry named to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). US President Donald Trump appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman
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President Trump Assembles an AI 'Dream Team' to Advise America's Future, With Jensen Huang and Lisa Su Among Them
The US administration has announced a new council, the PCAST, in which leaders of the AI industry will advise President Trump on science and technology matters. America is navigating a complex landscape in the AI industry, largely because the technology has emerged recently and reached a level
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Trump Names Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg To AI Advisory Council: What It Means For NVDA, META - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)
President Donald Trump appointed 13 tech executives to a presidential council that will advise the White House on AI policy, export controls, and science strategy. Who's On The CouncilFollow The Money Meta, Google, and Nvidia each contributed $1 million to Trump's inauguration
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US president Donald Trump names Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg to 13-member tech council
President Donald Trump is set to appoint top tech executives to a new council. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are among those named. The council will advise on artificial intelligence policy. This move comes as global AI competition intensifies,
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Trump Appoints 13 Tech Leaders to Emerging Technologies Advisory Committee | PYMNTS.com
The newly appointed members of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) include Oracle Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison, Nvidia Founder, President and CEO Jensen Huang and Meta Founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the White House said
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Trump to Launch a 13-Member AI Panel, May Expand to 24 with Top Tech Leaders
It will focus on key areas like AI regulations, national security, and the latest technologies. The council may guide the country's AI usage in everyday life. Leaders like Jensen Huang bring deep knowledge of AI hardware, with NVIDIA playing a major role in . This makes the panel stronger in
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Trump names Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg to 13-member science and tech council
U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on AI policy and other issues, the White House said on Wednesday. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD CEO Lisa Su are also
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Trump names Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Larry Ellison to tech council that will weigh in on AI
President Trump appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on AI policy and other issues, the White House said Wednesday. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD CEO Lisa Su are also part of the
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Trump Appoints Tech Executives to Strategic AI Advisory Council
Donald Trump has appointed several prominent figures from the technology sector to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), tasked with advising the executive branch on scientific and technological matters. Among the high-profile appointees are Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang,
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President Donald Trump unveiled a 13-member science advisory panel dominated by tech industry leaders including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Oracle's Larry Ellison. The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology marks a sharp departure from previous administrations, featuring only one academic scientist while prioritizing artificial intelligence and quantum computing expertise from Silicon Valley's most powerful executives.
Donald Trump Appoints Prominent Tech Leaders to Revamped Science Panel
President Donald Trump announced the first 13 members of his President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on Wednesday, assembling a roster heavily weighted toward tech industry leaders and artificial intelligence expertise
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. The lineup includes some of the world's wealthiest executives: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, AMD CEO Lisa Su, and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell3
. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Oracle's Safra Catz round out the initial appointments, with the council potentially expanding to 24 members in the near future4
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The tech council will be co-chaired by David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto czar, alongside White House Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios
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. According to the White House, PCAST will "advise the President on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy" while providing guidance on issues affecting national security, the American workforce, and economic growth5
.Sharp Departure From Academic Tradition Raises Concerns
This iteration of PCAST represents a dramatic shift from previous administrations. Only one current academic—John Martinis of the University of California, Santa Barbara, who shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for work fundamental to quantum computing—appears on the roster
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. In contrast, two-thirds of the 30 PCAST members under former President Joe Biden were members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and 14 were women. Trump's panel includes just two women: Lisa Su and Safra Catz1
.Science policy experts have expressed concern about the composition. "The unfortunate part of these choices is that it leaves out the 'S' in 'S&T' [science and technology]," one higher education lobbyist noted
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. John Holdren, Obama's science adviser and former PCAST co-chair, acknowledged the members are "very accomplished people—strong on information technology innovation and advanced nuclear energy technology—but the coverage of the group is far from the balance across science and technology that has characterized the most effective PCASTs in the past"1
.Focus on U.S. Leadership in AI and Emerging Technologies
Trump has made securing U.S. leadership in AI a central priority of his second term, framing the technology as a defining arena of strategic competition with China
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. Within days of taking office in January last year, he directed federal agencies to prepare an AI Action Plan aimed at reducing regulatory barriers and accelerating private-sector innovation4
. Last week, he unveiled a national blueprint for regulating AI that calls for online safeguards for children, less stringent permitting requirements to reduce costs for power-hungry data centers, and preventing censorship3
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The council will play a key role in shaping Washington's response to intensifying global competition in artificial intelligence
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. Trump has secured billions in commitments from tech leaders to build out AI infrastructure and has committed to policies aimed at unleashing domestic energy production to fuel data centers3
. The administration frames its approach as enabling a "Golden Age of Innovation," with PCAST expected to focus on "the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce"1
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The appointments signal closer alignment between the administration and major technology companies
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. Many executives who kept their distance during Trump's first term have since aligned themselves more closely with his economic and technology initiatives5
. Both Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin attended Trump's 2025 inauguration2
. Meta has previously donated to Trump, while Larry Ellison's Oracle served as the backbone of Trump's deal to divest TikTok earlier this year2
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Jensen Huang's presence underscores the importance of AI infrastructure in the administration's technology agenda, given Nvidia's dominance in AI chipmaking
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. The panel will weigh in on AI policy at a time when artificial intelligence has emerged as a major driver of U.S. investment, with companies pledging trillions of dollars in spending over the coming years4
.However, the AI drive has emerged as a politically contentious issue ahead of November midterm elections, as voters bristle over rapid development of data centers in their communities, energy use driving up utility costs, potential job losses from the technology, and worries about environmental harm
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. Deborah Stine, who staffed PCAST under President Barack Obama, notes that "PCASTs typically reflect the priorities of the president who appoints them," adding that "the open question is whether this group will elevate not only industry perspectives, but also the role of sustained federal investment in fundamental research that enabled these technologies in the first place"1
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