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The Office of the Frontier
Michael Kratsios has transformed the formerly ceremonial Office of Science and Technology Policy into a hub for coordinating American AI and industrial tech policy.
What: Kratsios, a Peter Thiel protégé, uses his role to manage high-level tech summits, distribute compute resources to government researchers, and draft executive orders that align tech leaders with the Trump administration.
Why it matters: The article reveals how small, traditionally low-power executive offices can become vital levers of influence by acting as the bridge between capricious leadership and the private tech sector.
Deep dive
- How Kratsios turned the OSTP from a reporting office into a policy-driving engine
- The shift in tech policy toward 'metascience'—applying scientific methods to the grant process
- Using 'Genesis' to provide researchers with deep datasets and compute power
- The dynamic of White House summits as a form of social engineering between POTUS and CEOs
- The strategic alignment of billionaire-backed policy with government agency agendas
Decoder
- OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy, a White House office designed to provide scientific and technological advice to the President.
- PCAST: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a group of outside experts tasked with providing policy recommendations to the President.
- Metascience: The use of scientific methodology to study and improve the practice of scientific research itself.
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