Trump Appoints 13-Member PCAST Tech Council: Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison, Brin, Andreessen, Lisa Su — Musk and Altman Excluded

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President Trump appointed 13 industry leaders to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), chaired by AI/crypto czar David Sacks and White House science director Michael Kratsios. Members include Meta's Zuckerberg, NVIDIA's Huang, Oracle's Ellison, Google co-founder Brin, a16z's Andreessen, AMD's Lisa Su, Dell's Michael Dell, and Coinbase's Fred Ehrsam. Notably absent: Elon Musk and Sam Altman. The council will advise on AI policy as Trump frames AI leadership as strategic competition with China.