White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks was appointed as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), increasing his role throughout the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump established PCAST through an executive order on Wednesday, aimed toward bringing collectively main figures in science and know-how to advise the president and strengthen US management in these fields.
The new role positions Sacks to supervise a broader vary of know-how points and deepen the White House’s engagement with main tech firms.
“We’ve accomplished a lot in the first year, but the President wants to keep the pedal to the metal on everything tech. That’s exactly what we will do,” Sacks instructed FOX Business.
The council will embrace as much as 24 members, together with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.
A senior adviser to the president instructed FOX Business that Sacks will continue serving as AI and crypto czar whereas taking up a broader portfolio.
“David will always be his crypto and AI czar, but to the admin more broadly, this new role will allow him to advise on a broader range of critical tech issues,” the adviser mentioned.
As AI and crypto czar, Sacks has helped drive a collection of coverage shifts aimed toward reshaping US synthetic intelligence technique, together with rolling again prior restrictions and increasing federal oversight.
In his first week in workplace, Trump signed an government order revoking a Biden-era coverage that took a extra cautious strategy to rising applied sciences like AI and blockchain.
Trump later signed one other government order in December 2025 establishing a national framework for AI regulation, preempting state-level guidelines. The order argued that US firms should be capable to innovate “without cumbersome regulation.”
In July 2025, the White House released its “Winning the AI Race” action plan, outlining greater than 90 federal coverage initiatives centered on accelerating innovation, constructing infrastructure and strengthening the nation’s place in world AI growth and safety.
More just lately, the White House unveiled a nationwide AI coverage framework aimed toward making a “consistent” customary for growth nationwide whereas addressing issues round censorship, free speech and little one safety.
Sacks has additionally performed a key role in shaping the administration’s cryptocurrency agenda.
Within days of taking workplace, Trump signed an government order selling US management in digital belongings, banning the event of a central financial institution digital forex and making a presidential working group on the problem.
In March 2025, Trump signed an order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile, positioning the nation as a frontrunner in government-backed digital asset technique.
Congress adopted with the passage of the GENIUS Act in July 2025, the primary main federal laws on digital belongings, making a regulatory framework for cost stablecoins. The invoice handed with bipartisan help in each chambers.
The administration has additionally moved to ease regulatory strain on the crypto business, together with ending a number of SEC investigations and putting in crypto-friendly management at key businesses.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was defunded — a transfer Sacks known as his “personal favorite” — eliminating what he described because the crypto business’s most aggressive enforcement arm.