The Trump administration has launched a new initiative focused on building artificial intelligence infrastructure and other technology projects to modernize government systems. The initiative, called “U.S. Tech Force,” will consist of about 1,000 engineers and other specialists. “Join an elite group of technologists to transform the federal government through modern software development,” U.S. Tech Force wrote on X. Join an elite group of technologists to transform the federal government through modern software development. Go to https://t.co/Jv6v8D7k3i to apply today pic.twitter.com/GxD3MxaXQJ — US Tech Force (@USTechForce) December 15, 2025 CNBC has more: Participants will commit to a two-year employment program working with teams that report directly to agency leaders in “collaboration with leading technology companies,” according to an official government website. Those “private sector partners” include Amazon Web Services, Apple, Google, Public Sector, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Oracle, Palantir, Salesforce and numerous others, the website says. The Tech Force shows the Trump administration increasing its focus on developing America’s AI infrastructure as it competes with China for dominance in the rapidly growing industry. The initiative was announced four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at establishing a national AI policy framework — a priority for industry leaders who opposed states crafting their own regulations. “The US Tech Force is recruiting an elite corps of engineers to build the next generation of government technology. Backed by the White House, Tech Force will tackle the most complex and large-scale civic and defense challenges of our era – from administering critical financial infrastructure at the Treasury Department to advancing cutting-edge programs at the Department of Defense – and everything in between,” the U.S. Tech Force website reads. “If you are highly skilled in the areas of software engineering, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analytics, or technical project management and want to build the future of American government technology, join the Tech Force today,” it continued. Calling all engineers, product managers, designers and data scientists who want to tackle the biggest and toughest technical problems in the world – modernizing the entire federal government! Apply now to @USTechForce — we are recruiting 1,000 of the nation’s best and brightest… https://t.co/kvbO2uosi4 — U.S. Office of Personnel Management (@USOPM) December 15, 2025 CNN shared further: The launch of the “US Tech Force” is designed to address a technical and early career talent gap across the government, according to Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management which is spearheading the program. The effort comes amid a broader war for AI talent, with tech companies offering sizable salaries and other perks to attract top engineers and researchers. OPM plans to hire an initial cohort of 1,000 early career software engineers, data scientists, project managers and AI experts to be placed across government agencies for the two-year program. It will also partner with tech companies to recommend early career managers to take a leave of absence from their private-sector roles to join the Tech Force. “If you’re thinking about, long term, a career in technology, there is no bigger and more complex set of problems than we face in the federal government,” Kupor said in a call with reporters ahead of the program’s announcement Monday.