PCAST
PCAST is the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology as discussed in Anthropic’s Generational Run, OpenAI Panics, AI Moats, Meta Loses Lawsuits. David Sacks says Donald Trump appointed him to the council and that he co-chairs it with Michael Kratsios, expanding his advisory context from AI and crypto into a wider science-and-technology remit.
The source frames PCAST as a policy bridge between American AI Stack Strategy, AI For Science, Strategic Industrial Policy, and Research Institutions As Strategic Capacity. David Friedberg connects the council to a broader science race in which AI, nuclear power, quantum computing, semiconductors, biotech, and China competition all become linked questions of national capacity.
Connections
- David Sacks – source-reported co-chair and presidential adviser.
- Michael Kratsios – source-reported co-chair.
- Donald Trump – appointing president in the source’s account.
- AI For Science – AI’s role in accelerating discovery and scientific productivity.
- American AI Stack Strategy – broader U.S. AI infrastructure, model, application, and policy strategy.
- Strategic Industrial Policy – industrial-capacity frame for AI-adjacent strategic sectors.
- Research Institutions As Strategic Capacity – institutional-research capacity as geopolitical leverage.