Trump forms AI Force, plans to appoint AI czar to oversee industry

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 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 m...