Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg among Trump's tech council:
U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed some of the biggest names in business, including Meta Platforms' (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle's (ORCL) Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, and Nvidia's (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang, to a technology panel to advise him on science and technology.
The White House said that under Trump, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST, will focus on topics related to the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce and ensure all Americans thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation.
PCAST will be co-chaired by David Sacks, who has served as White House AI and crypto czar, and Michael Kratsios, another technology advisor, according to the White House's press release.
Trump appointed 13 members, which also include Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) CEO Lisa Su and Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) Co-Founder Sergey Brin.
The White House said that PCAST may be composed of up to 24 members. Additional members will be appointed in the near future, the White House added.
