10 Events Shaping The US Government’s Role in Business, Education, & Governance – A Pattern Emerges
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In just the first eight months of this new administration, something extraordinary has happened. Beyond the noise of tariffs and campaign slogans, we’ve seen ten major moves that, taken together, suggest a dramatic modernization of how government engages with business.
Individually, they read like headlines. Collectively, a pattern may be emerging, one we have never seen before. They raise big questions (independent of the side of the aisle you are on) about the future of work, the economy, leadership, and the very operating model of our country.
Why does this matter? Because as America approaches its 250th year, the rules of the economy are being rewritten. For the first time, government is acting not just as regulator, but as shareholder, revenue partner, and strategic co-designer with business. That shift will shape everything from jobs to leadership to the resilience of our communities.
Here are the 10 moments I unpack in this episode:
- Executive Order 14179 – Day 1, removes barriers to American leadership in Artificial Intelligence.
- DOGE – Elon Musk, brought in as a technologist, reveals just how outdated parts of our government still are — with employee retirement files literally stored in mines. It’s the Flintstones, not the Jetsons, and it highlights why modernization can’t wait.
- Executive Order on AI Education – Bringing machine literacy into K–12 reframes education not just as math, reading and science, but also artificial intelligence.
- U.S. – Ukraine Minerals Deal – Joint fund with 50% of royalties from new mineral projects.
- Nippon Steel / U.S. Steel Deal – Golden Share: U.S. retains veto power.
- AI Action Day (July 23) – Three executive orders. Declares America’s intent to win the global AI race.
- Keep Call Centers in America Act – Bipartisan push to reshore service jobs, require AI and location disclosure, and guarantee transfer to U.S.-based agents on request.
- Corporate Investment Wave – $2.5+ trillion in new U.S. commitments from 50+ domestic and international companies including: Apple, Nvidia, IBM, Eli Lilly, and more.
- Nvidia & AMD Revenue Share – 15% of AI chip sales to China flow back to the U.S. government.
- Intel Equity Stake – Government converts $8.9B CHIPS funding into a 9.9% stake in Intel.
Ten headlines. And a bigger story about how government and business are now intertwined in ways we’ve never seen before.
For leaders, these aren’t just policy shifts. They’re signals of how the context of leadership itself is changing. If government is embedding itself directly into business, then leaders must prepare for a world where strategy, accountability, and modernization are shared responsibilities between public and private actors.
This is no longer Government as usual.
The bigger question is: how durable will these changes be across administrations — and how will we as leaders, executives, and citizens prepare for this new model? That’s what I explore in this episode of Business at the Speed of AI.
About Jeremy
Jeremy Victor is a transformational COO, author, and podcast host focused on helping companies scale with empathy, efficiency, and AI. A human-first operator with 30 years of experience leading through every major tech inflection point—from the birth of the internet to today’s AI revolution—Jeremy turns complexity into growth and chaos into calm.
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