The White House named top tech, science and investment leaders to advice on emerging technologies, innovation policy and US competitiveness.

The White House announced the first 13 members of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a body established to advise the administration on emerging technology and innovation policy. PCAST was established by an executive order that President Donald Trump signed soon after taking office. Its mission is to advise the president and senior officials on scientific and technological issues that are in line with the administration's larger policy agenda.

The administration's emphasis on private sector leadership in forming US innovation strategy is reflected in the inaugural group which includes a number of notable personalities from the technology sector. Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA; Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Meta; Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies; Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle; Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle; and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices are among those appointed.

The council also includes Sergey Brin an Alphabet board member who co-founded Google with Larry Page. Major figures from the venture capital and investment community, including entrepreneur David Friedberg partner Fred Ehrsam of Coinbase and general partner Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz are also on the advisory board.

Leaders in the nuclear fusion industry, Bob Mumgaard of Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Jacob DeWitte of Oklo, Inc., both symbolize science and energy innovation. John Martinis a 2025 Nobel laureate in physics and professor at the University of California, provides academic representation. The White House claims that the council will concentrate on the opportunities and difficulties presented by new technologies especially how they impact the American workforce and the country's competitiveness.

According to the administration, PCAST can have up to 24 members with 11 more appointments possible in the near future. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios and AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks will co-chair the council. Notably despite his recent connections to Trump's political and policy circles, Elon Musk was left off the original list.

Thus, Business Fortune views this as a clear push to strengthen US innovation and competitiveness through tech leadership.