President Donald Trump will attend the White House’s Science: A New Golden Age Summit on 8 October, Axios reported. The event is intended to advance scientific work using what the administration calls “super intelligence”. The administration is looking to industry to contribute while it cuts federal funding for scientific research and development, Axios reported. Planned announcements encompass company commitments, computing resources for universities and federal research tools. The summit will also include national medals for six technology leaders.
Key points
- The White House plans to announce more than $1 billion in commitments from AMD, OpenAI, Anthropic and other Genesis participants.
- Planned research resources include a computing centre involving more than 14 institutions across ten southeastern states.
- The National Science Foundation and Department of Energy will allocate more than $100 million for AI research tools.
- Trump is expected to present the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at the summit.
Genesis brings companies into federal research plans
The White House plans to announce that AMD, OpenAI, Anthropic and other participants have made commitments totalling more than $1 billion under the Genesis mission, Mezha.net reported. The planned announcement places company commitments alongside public research spending at a summit bringing together government agencies, universities and technology businesses. The more than $1 billion figure concerns commitments by those participants. It is distinct from the planned investment by Georgia and the federal allocation for research tools reported as part of the same event.
Trump announced Genesis in November 2025 with the aim of accelerating scientific discoveries. In July 2026, the White House said it would expand the mission to more than 15 federal agencies. The summit follows a White House report on the next phase of scientific development, prepared under the leadership of Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. That report discussed a growing private-sector role in research and development, as well as approaches to funding and organising scientific work.
The administration’s turn to companies comes amid cuts to government research funding, as Axios reported. Genesis is also an effort to organise work across federal agencies rather than a single company programme. The planned commitments bring AMD, OpenAI and Anthropic into that effort, while the separate public announcements concern access to computing and tools for researchers. Each has a different role in the summit’s research plans: participating companies are associated with commitments, universities with computing access, and federal agencies with spending on tools.
Georgia and federal agencies plan computing access
One planned computing centre will involve more than 14 institutions across ten southeastern states, Mezha.net reported. Georgia separately plans to invest $1 billion so that students and faculty can use computing resources. Those announcements put access for researchers at the centre of the summit’s programme, alongside the commitments expected from technology companies. Georgia’s planned investment is a state measure for students and faculty, rather than part of the reported total for AMD, OpenAI, Anthropic and other Genesis participants.
The National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy will allocate more than $100 million for tools supporting research that uses artificial intelligence. Their planned spending gives federal agencies a direct part in providing research tools, while the southeastern computing centre involves institutions across several states. The White House expects leading scientists and innovators to attend the summit, according to Mezha.net. These announcements sit within Genesis’s wider federal remit, which the White House said in July would extend to more than 15 agencies.
Trump’s medals accompany the super intelligence agenda
Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and AMD chief executive Lisa Su, Fox News reported. Dell Technologies chief executive Michael Dell and Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Fox News describes the gathering as a discussion of how super intelligence and private investment could advance scientific discoveries and US leadership in science and technology.
The terminology also has a place in the administration’s federal policy. A 29 September executive order directed executive-branch agencies to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead of “artificial intelligence” and “AI” in official materials where legally permissible, HR Executive reported. It also gave the White House science and technology adviser 60 days to prepare proposed legislation defining the term and identifying related changes to federal law. The order itself does not create rules for employers.
Trump has also named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead a separate federal task force called the Super Intelligence Force. The task force has 120 days to assess AI’s risks and opportunities and clarify the federal government’s role, the Wall Street Journal reported, as cited by HR Executive. A separate AI Affairs report on Justice Department instructions described the use of “Super Intelligence” in court filings. At the 8 October summit, Trump’s presentation of the two national medals will be his first during either of his administrations, Fox News reported.
