The Senate confirmed Michael Kratsios to go the White Home’s Workplace of Science and Expertise Coverage (OSTP) with bipartisan help.
Kratsios, who was Trump’s chief know-how officer throughout his first White Home time period, was accepted Tuesday by the higher chamber in a 74-25 vote.
Kratsios will play a vital position in molding the administration’s synthetic intelligence (AI) agenda and can help Trump in science and know-how.
“It’s an honor to serve as Director of the @whitehouse Office of Science & Technology Policy,” Kratsios stated in a Tuesday submit on the social platform X. “Advancing American dominance in AI, emerging tech, and breakthrough science has never been so critical. Under @POTUS’ leadership, we will unleash the Golden Age of American Innovation!”
Trump introduced in December final yr that he would faucet Kratsios to be the director of OSTP. Kratsios graduated from Princeton College and has most not too long ago been a managing director at Scale AI, an information annotation firm based mostly in San Francisco, based on his LinkedIn.
Throughout his February affirmation listening to in entrance of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Kratsios stated it was paramount for the U.S. to proceed being the world chief in rising applied sciences and confirmed backing for federal funding for analysis and improvement. He defended cuts on the Nationwide Science Basis and different companies.
Kratsios was superior out of the committee with a 24-4 vote.
Kratsios’s Tuesday affirmation was additionally praised by Sriram Krishnan, an Indian American entrepreneur, who Trump named as his senior advisor for AI.
