Trump Taps Pam Bondi for White House AI Panel
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- Trump appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), an advisory committee focused on AI policy, Axios has learned.
- The panel is co-chaired by former White House AI adviser David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios, and includes more than a dozen tech executives.
- Tech executives on the panel include Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison — with Bondi tasked as the government's coordination point with them.
- VP JD Vance praised Bondi in a statement, calling her 'an enormously valuable asset to the president's team' and saying she'd help confront 'the most important issues the administration faces.'
- Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after departing the Justice Department last month, has undergone treatment, and is recovering, according to a source.
- Bondi will also serve in a newly established advisory role on national infrastructure, giving her a second White House portfolio alongside the AI panel.
Why it matters: Bondi becomes the administration's direct liaison to tech CEOs like Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Ellison on AI policy — and her simultaneous infrastructure advisory role signals the White House is treating AI as core national infrastructure, not a siloed tech issue. The appointment also keeps a recently ousted Cabinet official in Trump's inner circle on a lower-profile track.
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