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Michael Kratsios

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 14: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kratsios answered questions from members of the Research and Technology Subcommittee during the hearing, titled “Assessing America’s AI Action Plan.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CAISI would benefit from more resources, OSTP director tells lawmakers

Rep. Jay Obernolte, who sponsors legislation to codify the government’s AI standards body, said the organization likely needs close to $100 million annually.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

OSTP’s Kratsios denies White House influence over NSF grants decisions

House Science Committee Democrats pushed for answers on possible redirection of NSF funds, slowed grantmaking, and allegations of coordination with DOGE and the White House.
US President Donald Trump (C) speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Genesis Mission Lead Darío Gil among those in attendance. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Energy Department launches Quantum Genesis initiative following Trump orders

The three main priorities of the project include a competition to develop systems, a supercomputing facility for engineers and targeted research to advance scientific use cases.
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Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, testifies during a House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology hearing in the Rayburn building on Jan. 14, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

OSTP’s Kratsios touts ‘incredible’ interest in Tech Force, defends Trump science and tech cuts

The program to recruit government technologists has garnered interest from more than 35,000 Americans, according to the OSTP director, who said “hard decisions” to “right-size” agencies were…
President Donald Trump is pictured during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 17, 2025. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump order calls for integrated AI platform led by Energy secretary, OSTP

The Genesis Mission will create a unified AI resource that pulls together federal datasets from DOE supercomputers to “solve the most challenging problems of this century.”
An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center with closed-loop cooling system is pictured on Oct. 20, 2025 in Vernon, Calif. A surge in demand for AI infrastructure is fueling a boom in data centers across the country and around the globe. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats blast White House over ‘sweetheart’ AI data center deals

A letter to OSTP’s Michael Kratsios and Commerce’s Howard Lutnick demands answers over surging electricity prices connected to the buildout of AI data centers.
President Donald Trump displays an executive order on artificial intelligence he signed at the “Winning the AI Race” AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Emerging tech, energy, space among Trump administration R&D priorities

The White House released five federal priorities for fiscal year 2027. They come as administration actions face backlash from scientists and researchers.
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