The Department of Energy announced more than $320 million in investments for the Trump administration’s Genesis Mission on Monday. This funding marks the first major commitment to the initiative, which seeks to double U.S. scientific productivity within a decade using artificial intelligence. DOE Undersecretary for Science Dario Gil, director of the mission, detailed the allocation to members of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
The investments target specific programs under the Genesis Mission. These include the American Science Cloud, designed to enhance computational resources for scientific research, and the Transformational Model Consortia, which focus on developing advanced AI models to accelerate discoveries across various fields.
Dario Gil highlighted the critical need for rapid progress during his briefing. He stated, “If there was one single failure mode that I see in all of this, it’s that we don’t move fast enough.” This underscores the mission’s emphasis on timely implementation to achieve its productivity goals through AI integration in scientific endeavors.
