At its "Science: A New Golden Age" summit, the Trump administration announced more than $6 billion in science investments across government, industry, academia and philanthropy, according to a White House fact sheet dated October 8.
The largest block is $2.4 billion in AI tools and compute credits pledged to the Genesis Mission Consortium, which supports more than 15 federal agencies. Nvidia committed $1 billion, AMD $500 million, OpenAI $200 million, Anthropic and Google $150 million each, and AWS, Crusoe and Micron $50 million each. It follows a $5 billion federal commitment announced in July.
The Department of Energy also launched a $215 million quantum competition to fund teams building the first fault-tolerant, scientifically useful quantum computers. Other items include a $1.8 billion virtual biology initiative and a $100 million-plus investment in autonomous laboratories.