Trump Appoints 13 Tech Leaders to Emerging Technologies Advisory Committee

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 in a Wednesday (March 25) press release.

“Under President Trump, PCAST will focus on topics related to the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce, and ensuring all Americans thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation,” the release said.

Other newly appointed members include Andreessen Horowitz Co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen, Google Co-founder Sergey Brin, Oracle Executive Vice Chair Safra Catz, Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell, Oklo Co-founder and CEO Jacob DeWitte, Coinbase Co-founder and Board Director Fred Ehrsam, Ohalo Genetics CEO David Friedberg, University of Santa Barbara Professor Emeriti John Martinis, Commonwealth Fusion Systems CEO Bob Mumgaard and AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su, according to the release.

Additional members will be appointed to PCAST, and the advisory committee may expand to include as many as 24 members, the release said.

PCAST will be co-chaired by David Sacks, White House special adviser for artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto, and Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and assistant to the President for Science & Technology, per the release.

“Today, we welcome the first wave of extraordinary members to President Trump’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST),” Kratsios wrote in a Wednesday post on X. “Rooted in the tradition FDR began in 1933, PCAST unites America’s brightest minds to advise the President on the most pressing national issues in science and technology.”

Trump announced the establishment of PCAST in a January 2025 presidential action, highlighting the need for American dominance in transformative technologies such as AI, quantum computing and advanced biotechnology.

In a fact sheet released the same day, the White House said PCAST will champion investments in innovation and the elimination of bureaucratic barriers.