Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, published a full-page ad in The Washington Post urging the Trump administration to enhance U.S. investment in artificial intelligence to maintain competitiveness against China. He proposed five steps for the administration, emphasizing the need for increased data spending, regulatory reviews, and making federal agencies "AI-ready" by 2027. Wang framed this as an "AI war," a characterization that has faced criticism from some industry leaders.