Source: Trump Names Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang to Tech Panel Publisher: The Wall Street Journal | Author: Annie Linskey and Alex Leary Published: March 25, 2026 | Archived: March 25, 2026

WASHINGTON—President Trump installed some of the biggest names in business—including Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang—to a technology council to weigh in on AI policy and other issues.

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST, will be co-chaired by David Sacks, who has served as White House AI and crypto czar, and Michael Kratsios, another technology adviser, the White House said.

Trump named an initial batch of 13 members from the industry, including Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell, on Wednesday. The council could ultimately include 24 people, according to an executive order.

“The United States has the opportunity to lead the world in AI,” said Zuckerberg in a statement to The Wall Street Journal. “I’m honored to join the President’s council and work with other industry leaders to help make this happen.”

Dell in a statement said he looks forward to working with the council to “advance policies that strengthen American competitiveness and national security.”

During his second term in office, Trump has emphasized developing a regulatory environment that is aimed at making the U.S. a leader in artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies. Several of the council members lead companies that have helped fund the president’s pet projects. For example, Meta Platforms donated to Trump’s ballroom as did Huang in a personal capacity.

“Under President Trump, PCAST will focus on topics related to the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce, and ensuring all Americans thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation,” the White House said in a statement.

Other presidents, including George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, have named similar bodies. The council tends to serve as a brain trust to the White House on key issues around scientific developments, and the members typically reflect the priorities of the sitting president.

In his first term, Trump also named a similar council—which, like this one, included business leaders—though the membership didn’t have such household names. Trump waited until the third year of his first term to establish the council.

The willingness of major corporate leaders to embrace advisory roles in the Trump administration is a major shift from his first term, which was beset by boycotts and high-profile resignations.

Appeared in the March 26, 2026, print edition as ‘Zuckerberg, Huang Will Join Trump’s Tech Policy Panel’.

Annie Linskey is a White House reporter at The Wall Street Journal. She’s been in this role since joining the paper in 2022. Linskey previously covered the White House and national politics for the Washington Post, Boston Globe and Bloomberg News. Her reporting experience spans three presidential campaigns and four administrations and has taken her to four continents.

She has received the Gerald R. Ford Prize for distinguished reporting on the presidency, the National Press Club’s Lee Walczak Award for political analysis and the New York Press Club’s National Award for political reporting.

She started her journalism career at the Baltimore Sun in 2003, where she focused on crime and later city and state politics. During a sabbatical, she covered the Khmer Rouge trials from Cambodia. 

Alex Leary is a White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He previously worked for the Tampa Bay Times.