My advice to anyone working in tech policy is that there is still so much alpha left in understanding the “tech” part, and that moat is only likely to increase. It’s way easier to go from tech/finance into policy than the other way around, but you should still try.

Great conversation this weekend at @ycombinator Startup School with @lutherlowe on tech policy, AI, the importance of policy frameworks to support startups & little tech, plus my new report Science: A New Golden Age. Thank you @garrytan!

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson in conversation with Reuters Tech Policy and Antitrust Correspondent Jody Godoy, on Friday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m. CDT / 4:30 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉

TDC State Network Microgrant Winner @WVblockchain is opening the door to new economic opportunity through digital innovation and emerging tech policy.   Join us for the West Virginia Digital Innovation Policy Briefing next Tuesday, August 11. Register:

There’s no sense in sugarcoating it: today’s vote was a major disappointment—and, I believe, a failure of American leadership. The full cost of today’s result may not be known for years to come, but this much is clear: it increases the risk that the standards that global financial markets adhere to in the future will be those of Brussels or Beijing, rather than Washington and New York. I want to thank @POTUS for the opportunity to work on this important legislation and for the remarkable concessions he was willing to make to give this bill a chance; @DavidSacks for his wise leadership on not only crypto but all frontier tech policy; and all the Senators and their staffs who devoted countless hours to working on this bill, chief among them @SenLummis who deserved much better than this. Lastly, I also want to thank my colleagues across the administration at Treasury, SEC, and the CFTC. Their partnership helped us find creative solutions to challenging issues throughout this process, and their patience made it possible for us to see it all the way through to a vote. On that last point: @SECPaulSAtkins and @ChairmanSelig, you’re up!