Trump Administration Awards Medals to Musk, Nadella and Tech Executives
· World · CNBC, NDTV, TechCrunch
President Donald Trump is presenting high-level civilian honors to several prominent tech executives during a White House event titled the Science: A New Golden Age Summit. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, AMD CEO Lisa Su, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin are receiving the National Medal of Science. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Michael Dell are slated to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. All of the honored executives have previously contributed financially to President Trump or Republican political campaigns. The summit follows a recent White House gathering focused on artificial intelligence regulation and industry collaboration.
Why it matters
The awards highlight the deepening financial and political alignment between major US technology leaders and the current presidential administration.
Read the original report — CNBC
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