President Trump has appointed the first 13 members to his President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), assembling an A-list of Big Tech and crypto heavyweights to shape U.S. policy on AI and emerging technologies.

The Lineup

The council will be co-chaired by David Sacks — previously Trump's White House AI and crypto czar — and former Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios.

Members include some of the most influential names in tech and crypto:

  • Mark Zuckerberg (Meta CEO)
  • Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO)
  • Larry Ellison (Oracle founder)
  • Sergey Brin (Google co-founder)
  • Lisa Su (AMD CEO)
  • Marc Andreessen and Fred Ehrsam (crypto VC heavyweights)
  • Safra Catz (Oracle CEO) and Michael Dell (Dell Technologies CEO)

The council can grow to 24 members, with additional appointments expected soon.

What It Means

PCAST will focus on "opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce," according to the White House. The council traces its origins back to FDR's Science Advisory Board in 1933 — but no previous administration has stacked it with this concentration of AI and crypto industry leaders.

The appointment follows the White House's release of a national AI policy framework last week, which proposed letting existing federal agencies regulate AI instead of creating a new regulator.

With Sacks — a known crypto and AI advocate — at the helm, the council's recommendations are expected to lean toward deregulation and accelerationism. Whether that translates into concrete policy is now the question.