Pro-Innovation Agenda

Topic

A policy stance attributed to Donald Trump, characterized by support for AI and crypto, along with low regulation and low taxation, which appeals to members of the tech community.


First Mentioned

10/12/2025, 5:23:17 AM

Last Updated

10/12/2025, 5:27:12 AM

Research Retrieved

10/12/2025, 5:27:12 AM

Summary

The "Pro-Innovation Agenda" is a political concept primarily associated with Donald Trump, emphasizing strong support for advancements in technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency. This agenda gained prominence during a recent fundraiser in San Francisco, where Trump's focus on innovation and personal appeal resonated with tech-focused attendees, including figures like the Winklevoss brothers. It is often presented in contrast to critiques of President Joe Biden's cognitive abilities and the potential for Kamala Harris to assume the presidency. Beyond Trump's specific mentions, a pro-innovation agenda generally advocates for policies that foster technological growth, such as protecting R&D tax incentives, expanding access to capital for startups, promoting smart regulations, and advancing American leadership in AI, with the goal of unleashing innovation, creating jobs, and ensuring national competitiveness.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Proponent

    Donald Trump

  • Primary Goal

    Unleash innovation, encourage investment, create clear rules, open markets

  • Aims to achieve

    American AI superiority

  • Key Focus Areas

    Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cryptocurrency

  • Political Stance

    Pro-innovation, anti-regulation

  • Specific Policy Recommendation

    Prioritize government investment across the AI technology stack

Timeline
  • Donald Trump highlighted his Pro-Innovation Agenda, particularly his support for AI and crypto, at a fundraiser in San Francisco, which resonated with tech-focused attendees. (Source: related_documents)

    Prior to June 2024

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  • New Dems Release Innovation Agenda to Unleash ...

    3. Protect pro-innovation tax incentives for private-sector investment in research and development, particularly for startups and small businesses. 4. Reward universities for investing endowment returns in STEM research and expanding STEM education access, through deductions in the endowment tax. 5. Expand and broaden access to capital for small businesses, startups, and innovative companies, such as through favorable tax treatment and scaled compliance costs. [...] The Agenda offers a comprehensive path forward centered around seven foundational priorities: investing in American R&D; promoting smart regulations and open markets; building an inclusive and globally competitive workforce; advancing American leadership in AI; protecting online privacy; building innovation infrastructure; and promoting national resilience and responsible governance. [...] Through the Innovation Agenda, New Dems will work to spur groundbreaking research and technological advancements that create jobs, grow businesses, and improve the lives of hardworking Americans, all while creating a regulatory environment that fosters competition and protects consumers.

  • A look at the White House's pro-innovation artificial ...

    “action plan,” declaring that, “Winning the AI race will usher in a new golden age of human flourishing.” The document’s central purpose is straightforward: to preserve American AI superiority. In practice, the plan mostly recommends consolidating and formalizing a long series of pro-innovation, anti-regulation executive orders the White House has issued since January 2025. Overall reactions from industry have been positive and reflect optimism over the administration’s commitment to free [...] The plan is structured around three pillars: accelerating AI innovation, building American AI infrastructure, and leading in international AI diplomacy and security. The first pillar focuses on removing regulatory barriers and promoting private-sector development, including open-source AI and workforce training. The second pillar targets energy, permitting, and semiconductor supply chains, aiming to rapidly expand and secure the physical and technical infrastructure needed for large-scale AI [...] This plan marks a departure from a purely free market approach by calling for federal agencies to be empowered with broad discretion on politically sensitive issues—such as cutting government contracts with software that explicitly promotes progressive climate change reform. The result is a policy framework that both crystallizes the administration’s deregulatory agenda and provides agencies with explicit “air cover” to reward or penalize states based on both political criteria and compliance

  • Trump AI Action Plan Charts Pro-Innovation Path Forward ...

    ## Time for Congress to Step Up While the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan has charted a wise policy course to bolster innovation and beat China, Congress needs to step up and help advance the nation’s AI agenda. A future administration could easily undo many of the EOs and policy actions pursued by this one. [...] The R Street Institute submitted two detailed filings to the AI Action Plan RFI. One comment outlined various broad-based policy steps needed to ensure that a light-touch “AI opportunity agenda” could unleash competition and investment while enhancing national strength. The comment also highlighted specific reforms needed to meet growing AI energy needs, ensure balanced copyright policies for AI, protect algorithmic free speech, and ensure America attracts the talent needed to compete globally. [...] Some of the more notable recommendations include: Encourage AI adoption broadly and open-source AI in particular Improve training to help create a more skilled AI-ready workforce Bolster cybersecurity processes Streamline permitting processes to help with growing AI-related energy needs Accelerate AI use by the government Prioritize government investment across the AI technology stack ## Why a “Try-First” Innovation Culture Is Essential

  • The pro-startup policy agenda to power AI innovation

    Winning the AI race can be accomplished by pursuing a policy agenda that unleashes innovation, encourages investment, creates clear rules, and opens markets, guided by these realities: Startups need clear rules to be competitive. [...] innovation. [...] To address potential harms without burdening innovation, any regulation that policymakers pursue should be outcome-focused, begin from a position of existing law, and target bad actors. Many potential harms associated with AI are already illegal, and enforcing or enhancing those protections is the most straightforward way to address those concerns without new, duplicative and burdensome regulators and frameworks.

  • A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation - GOV.UK

    33. Our policy paper proposed a pro-innovation framework designed to give consumers the confidence to use AI products and services, and provide businesses the clarity they need to invest in AI and innovate responsibly.( This approach was broadly welcomed – particularly by industry. Based on feedback, we have distilled our aims into 3 objectives that our framework is designed to achieve: [...] ### Our pro-innovation framework 8. The government will put in place a new framework to bring clarity and coherence to the AI regulatory landscape. This regime is designed to make responsible innovation easier. It will strengthen the UK’s position as a global leader in AI, harness AI’s ability to drive growth and prosperity,( and increase public trust in its use and application. [...] Having exited the European Union we are free to establish a regulatory approach that enables us to establish the UK as an AI superpower. It is an approach that will actively support innovation while addressing risks and public concerns. The UK is home to thriving start-ups, which our framework will support to scale-up and compete internationally. Our pro-innovation approach will also act as a strong incentive when it comes to AI businesses based overseas establishing a presence in the UK. The