President Donald Trump has enlisted 13 top executives in the technology industry, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, and Lisa Su, to advise on science and technology.
With Chinese companies rapidly advancing their AI capabilities, the Trump administration has appointed private industry leaders to help make creating regulations easier and accelerate American innovation.
Trump administration assembles council for technological development
President Donald Trump has appointed a group of America’s most powerful technology executives to serve on his President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The council will be in charge of shaping policy on artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and emerging technologies.
The list includes Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison, Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin, and AMD’s CEO Lisa Su. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen as well as Dell’s CEO Michael Dell, and Oracle’s CEO Safra Catz are also on the list.
The council will be co-chaired by David Sacks, the White House AI and crypto czar, and Michael Kratsios, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Meanwhile, during Trump’s first term, his similar advisory council faced resistance from the tech sector, and fewer high-profile executives were included.
The Trump administration believes that the council is critical to its strategy of securing American dominance in leading technologies. Per the White House’s announcement, PCAST will focus on “the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce, and ensuring all Americans thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation.”
Zuckerberg stated that he is “honored to join the President’s council and work with other industry leaders.”
The Department of Energy recently announced a $293 million funding opportunity to support the Genesis Mission, launched by President Trump to double the productivity and impact of American research and innovation within a decade.
Kratsios, who serves as both PCAST co-chair and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, stated in February 2026 that the Genesis Mission challenges are “a direct call to action to America’s researchers and innovators to deliver science and technology breakthroughs that will benefit the American people.”
What will the PCAST council actually do?
PCAST will advise the president on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy. The council is authorized to provide scientific and technical information required to create public policy relating to the American economy, the American worker, and national and homeland security.
The council’s functions include responding to requests from the president or co-chairs for information and analysis, and asking for advice from relevant stakeholders, including the research community and the private sector.
The council will also serve as the advisory committee for high-performance computing and nanotechnology programs under existing federal law.
The body is expected to meet regularly and may create standing subcommittees and ad hoc groups to assist its work. Members will serve without compensation, but they may receive travel expenses while the Department of Energy provides administrative and technical support for the council.
The council’s first meeting date has not yet been announced, and additional members will be added in the coming months to reach the maximum of 24 members authorized by the President.