# Trump forms AI Force, plans to appoint AI czar to oversee industry > Source: > Published: 2026-09-19 17:21:22+00:00 # Trump forms AI Force, plans to appoint AI czar to oversee industry The administration is building a dedicated team of AI specialists to embed across federal agencies, with a new czar to coordinate the effort President Donald Trump announced plans to form what he’s calling an “AI Force” and appoint a dedicated AI czar to oversee the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry. The move signals the administration’s intent to centralize AI policy under a single point of authority, a structure that mirrors the crypto czar role Trump created when he tapped venture capitalist David Sacks for a dual AI-and-crypto mandate back in December 2024. ## What the AI Force actually looks like The concept builds on the administration’s existing US Tech Force initiative, unveiled on December 15, 2025. That program set out to recruit roughly 1,000 AI engineers and specialists and embed them across federal agencies, including the Department of Defense and Treasury. The idea is to bring private-sector talent into government, with companies like AWS and [Apple](https://cryptobriefing.com/markets/apple/) already collaborating on the initiative. David Sacks, who was appointed as the White House AI and cryptocurrency czar on December 5, 2024, served as the template for this kind of role. Sacks held the position until March 2026 and used it to champion a light-touch regulatory approach to both AI and digital assets. ## The regulatory philosophy: less is more Executive Order 14179, signed on January 23, 2025, was explicitly designed to eliminate barriers to American AI leadership. The order sought to establish a consistent national policy framework, one that would supersede the patchwork of state-level AI regulations that had been emerging across the country. Under Sacks’s influence, the administration went even further. In May 2026, a proposed executive order that would have required extended federal reviews of advanced AI models was retracted before it could take effect. The reasoning was straightforward: mandatory review periods would slow down development and hand an advantage to competitors, particularly China. ### The news moving money, markets, and the world—before your day starts. Daily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy. Trump has been blunt about his stance on AI safety concerns. As of September 2026, he publicly rejected the idea of imposing additional regulatory guardrails on the technology, dismissing safety worries as overblown. His position is that strong leadership, not new rules, is the best safeguard against potential AI risks. ## The crypto connection David Sacks’s dual mandate reflected this philosophy. By housing both portfolios under one roof, the White House signaled that it sees AI and digital assets as complementary rather than competing priorities. ## What this means going forward For the tech sector, federal contracts and collaboration opportunities are expanding. Companies already involved in the Tech Force initiative stand to deepen their relationships with government agencies. AWS and similar cloud providers are obvious beneficiaries of a government that wants to modernize its AI capabilities quickly without building everything in-house. Internal White House discussions have reportedly revealed tensions between officials who see the need for oversight and those who view any regulation as a competitive handicap. That tension hasn’t been resolved so much as it has been won by the innovation-first camp. **Disclosure:** This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our [Editorial Policy](https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/).