President Trump has tapped a who’s who of the tech world — including several names familiar to the crypto community — to a revived presidential science and technology advisory body, signaling a high-powered industry voice poised to influence AI, crypto and broader tech policy.
The White House announced the re-establishment of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) by executive order, naming 13 initial members and opening the door for up to 24 total appointees. The council will be co-chaired by entrepreneur David Sacks — who previously served as the White House’s AI and crypto czar — and former U.S. CTO Michael Kratsios. Additional appointments and details about the council’s first meeting are expected “in the near future,” according to the statement.
Initial appointees read like a cross-section of Silicon Valley and enterprise tech: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, and Oracle CEO Safra Catz. The lineup also includes figures with direct crypto and blockchain ties—Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and venture investor Marc Andreessen—alongside founders and researchers from fusion energy and quantum computing: Jacob DeWitte, Bob Mumgaard, John Martinis, and entrepreneur David Friedberg.
The White House said PCAST’s remit will center on “the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce, and ensuring all Americans thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation.” For crypto observers, the inclusion of industry insiders like Ehrsam and Andreessen — plus technologists from major AI and semiconductor firms — suggests the council will weigh in on intersections between AI, blockchain, chips and the labor market as policy debates continue to evolve.
The move also echoes a long-standing tradition of presidential science advice dating back to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Science Advisory Board in 1933. It comes on the heels of a White House national policy framework for AI released last week, which recommended Congress consider national AI standards and favored regulating AI through existing federal agencies rather than creating a brand-new regulator — a posture that could shape how AI and crypto-related technologies are governed going forward.
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