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Trump Honors Musk, Brin, Huang, Su, Dell, Nadella at White House Science Summit, Unveils $6B+ Science Push
President Trump presented the National Medals of Science and Technology and Innovation to six tech leaders at the White House 'Science: A New Golden Age' Summit, alongside a White House fact sheet calling it the most ambitious set of science initiatives this century, worth over $6 billion.
Why it matters
Trump's first presentation of America's highest science and technology honors in his second term went entirely to Big Tech chiefs — and came with a $6B+ whole-of-nation science investment plan the White House calls the most ambitious this century. A strong tech-meets-politics signal.
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At the White House 'Science: A New Golden Age' Summit on October 8, President Trump presented the National Medal of Science to Tesla/SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su. Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The White House called the six 'America's greatest living innovators.'
A White House fact sheet released the same day announced 'the most ambitious set of science initiatives this century': over $6 billion in investments across the Federal Government, industry, academia and philanthropy to keep the US leading scientific discovery in the era of super intelligence.
US media noted Musk contributed over $290 million to Trump's 2024 campaign, and the award is seen as another sign of warming ties between the two. The summit followed a recent White House AI-focused lunch with tech leaders.
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