Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation - May 8, 2025

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, convened a full committee hearing titled “Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation” on May 8, 2025. The hearing examined how removing regulatory barriers on the AI supply chain can accelerate innovation and secure U.S. dominance in the 21st century global industrial revolution.
America’s global AI leadership depends on its ability to rapidly expand the development, production, and availability of the AI supply chain, which can be broken into three parts: infrastructure, hardware, and software. The witnesses represent the three different parts of the AI supply chain and can speak about potential remedies to constraints on the critical components of the AI supply chain and the AI technology itself.
Witnesses:
Mr. Sam Altman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI
Dr. Lisa Su, Chief Executive Officer and Chair, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Mr. Michael Intrator, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CoreWeave
Mr. Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft Corporation