David Sacks

New Capabilities

Coordinating federal AI policy

The White House mobilized America's 17 national laboratories and tech's biggest players—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA—for what officials call the AI equivalent of the Manhattan Project. The Genesis Mission aims to double US research productivity in a decade by connecting supercomputers, quantum systems, and AI into one discovery platform. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced 24 corporate partners at a January 11 summit, each signing up to cement American technological dominance. Days later, OpenAI and SoftBank committed $1 billion to a 1.2-gigawatt Texas data center, while NVIDIA's Jensen Huang unveiled hardware promising AI tokens at one-tenth the cost.

Updated Jan 13

Rule Changes

Consulting on which state laws to challenge

The DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force began operations on January 10, 2026, with one mission: kill state AI laws in federal court. California, Texas, and Colorado passed comprehensive AI regulations throughout 2025—transparency requirements, discrimination protections, governance mandates. President Trump's December executive order called them unconstitutional burdens on interstate commerce. Now Attorney General Pam Bondi's team will challenge them, consulting with AI czar David Sacks on which laws to target first.

Updated Jan 12

Rule Changes

Appointed December 2024

The FTC just tore up its own rulebook. On December 22, 2025, the agency voted 2-0 to reverse a year-old enforcement action against Rytr, an AI writing tool accused of enabling fake reviews. The reason? The original case 'unduly burdens AI innovation' and violates Trump's AI Action Plan. Yet on the same day, the agency sent warning letters to 10 companies for suspected fake review violations, threatening civil penalties up to $53,088 per violation.

Updated Dec 29, 2025

New Capabilities

Leading Trump's AI policy; facing ethics scrutiny over 400+ tech investments

The U.S. government is pouring hundreds of billions into making factories smarter—but the strategy is hitting turbulence. On December 27, 2025, NIST announced $20 million for two AI centers with MITRE to automate manufacturing and defend critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. Days earlier, on December 11, Trump signed an executive order creating an AI Litigation Task Force to sue states over their own AI regulations, while on December 10 the Commerce Department abruptly terminated a $285 million CHIPS Act contract with SMART USA Institute despite the organization meeting all performance targets. The goal remains unchanged: use artificial intelligence to close a widening gap with China, which installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024 alone—nine times America's total.

Updated Dec 27, 2025

Rule Changes

Key architect of the White House’s light-touch, federal-first AI strategy.

Donald Trump just turned AI regulation into a states’ rights knife fight. His new executive order creates a Justice Department “AI Litigation Task Force” to attack state AI laws and lets Washington threaten $42 billion in broadband funds for states that don’t fall in line.

Updated Dec 12, 2025