Trump’s September 29 statement that he is “very close” to naming an AI czar—potentially within three to four days—has become the dominant driver of market sentiment, following his September 19 announcement of an “AI Force” modeled on Space Force. The president ruled out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on September 25 and met with executives from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, and others while signing an executive order rebranding artificial intelligence as “Super Intelligence” across federal agencies. Contenders include Sriram Krishnan, Sean Cairncross, and Michael Kratsios, with the role expected to emphasize innovation over new regulation. Traders are watching for an imminent White House announcement amid the administration’s push to maintain U.S. leadership in large language models and related technologies.