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CES2026: White House Science Office Outlines Strategy to Win AI Race

Infrastructure, says OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, is now the primary constraint on AI growth.

Akul Saxena

Jan 7, 2026 — 2 min read

Photo of Michael Kratsios (left), director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, with CTA President Kinzie Fabrizio at the CES Foundry in Las Vegas on Wed., Jan. 7, 2026

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2026 — Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s strategy to win the global artificial intelligence race centered on building domestic infrastructure, eliminating regulatory barriers, and pushing global adoption of U.S.-developed technology.

Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, Kratsios said the administration’s AI strategy traced back to a 2019 executive order and had since hardened around three priorities: Innovation, infrastructure, and global deployment.

On innovation, Kratsios said federal policy focused on sustaining U.S. research and development while removing regulatory obstacles that delayed commercialization. He said state-by-state AI laws created compliance costs that fell hardest on startups and small businesses, which lacked in-house legal teams and the resources to manage overlapping regulatory regimes.

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