President Donald Trump will present two national honors at a “Science: A New Golden Age Summit” at the White House on Thursday, October 8, according to CNBC. The National Medal of Science goes to Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su, while the National Medal of Technology and Innovation goes to Dell Technologies chief Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. A White House spokesperson said the administration is grateful for the honorees’ contributions to keeping the US ahead in innovation. The summit comes just over a week after Trump hosted the same circle of executives at a White House AI lunch that produced a voluntary, “morally binding” AI-safety accord. CNBC also notes each recipient has contributed financially to Trump or Republican causes, and that Trump’s most recent financial disclosure showed trades in SpaceX, Tesla, Nvidia, Microsoft, AMD and Alphabet shares as recently as July.
Trump to award science medals to Musk, Huang, Su, Brin, Dell, Nadella
President Trump will present the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to six tech executives, including Elon Musk and Jensen Huang, at a White House summit Thursday.
Why it matters: The administration is turning its closest Silicon Valley relationships into national honors days after extracting a voluntary AI-safety pact from the same executives.
Data as of October 7, 2026. CNBC reports; first reported by Fox News. Moroccan outlet Hespress corroborates the Musk award.
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- Trump awarding medals to Musk, Dell, Nadella and other tech execs at science summit · CNBC · 2026-10-07
- Trump to honor Musk with highest scientific medal · Hespress · 2026-10-07