President Donald Trump awarded National Medals for Science and Technology to several prominent tech industry leaders at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.
The National Medal of Science was presented to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su. Satya Nadella and Michael Dell received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
During the event, tech companies pledged $2.4 billion in computing credits and scientific tools to support government-prioritized research initiatives.
Key focus areas for this funding include nuclear energy, quantum algorithms, and AI-managed physical laboratories. NASA also discussed nuclear energy applications for space exploration.
Representatives from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Amazon AWS, and Micron Technology confirmed their participation in these new government partnership programs.
