President Donald Trump on March 25, 2026, appointed 13 technology and science executives to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, assembling an industry panel weighted toward artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and infrastructure at a moment when the administration has made AI dominance a central policy objective. The council will be co-chaired by David Sacks, the White House special adviser for artificial intelligence and crypto, and Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The appointees include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and AMD CEO Lisa Su. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, and entrepreneur David Friedberg round out the technology contingent. Three members come from outside software and semiconductors: Jacob DeWitte of Oklo, an advanced nuclear company, Bob Mumgaard of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, and former Google quantum computing researcher John Martinis.
The absences are as conspicuous as the appointments.
Elon Musk, who previously led the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, was not named. Neither was OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Apple CEO Tim Cook, nor any executive from Microsoft. The White House said PCAST can include up to 24 members and indicated additional appointments would follow.
PCAST is a statutory advisory body established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, charged with providing recommendations on strengthening American leadership in science and technology. The composition of this iteration reflects the administration’s priorities: nine of the 13 members lead companies with substantial AI operations or investments, and the inclusion of fusion and nuclear executives signals parallel interest in the energy infrastructure required to power large-scale AI deployment. The council carries advisory authority only and does not set policy directly.
