WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 23, 2025 – INCOMPAS, the internet and competitive networks association, CEO Chip Pickering released the following statement applauding the White House’s pro-growth approach in today’s AI Action Plan, which aligns with INCOMPAS’s core principles of fostering American innovation while maintaining competitive markets.
“As we’ve consistently advocated, securing America’s AI leadership against global competitors like China, requires coordinated federal action that leverages our entire technology ecosystem. The AI Action Plan reinforces what we’ve long championed: America’s AI future depends on an ‘All of the Above’ approach that embraces both open source and proprietary models, while ensuring robust competition across the entire AI stack. We are particularly encouraged by the Administration’s commitment to reforming key areas of our policy infrastructure to enable American AI innovation. The AI Action Plan will create pathways for American companies, including startups and smaller firms that drive breakthrough technologies, to serve government needs while showcasing AI’s transformative potential across civilian and defense applications.
As we’ve emphasized in our policy recommendations, universal broadband access remains a prerequisite to universal AI access. Every AI application requires reliable, high- capacity networks with ultra-low latency. We’re pleased to see continued recognition that America’s AI dominance depends on comprehensive infrastructure modernization from coast to coast. INCOMPAS members are already deploying the fiber-optic networks and wireless infrastructure that will power tomorrow’s AI applications, and this plan’s support for streamlined permitting and infrastructure investment will accelerate these critical deployments.
INCOMPAS strongly supports the Administration’s comprehensive approach to modernizing America’s energy infrastructure to meet the unprecedented demands of artificial intelligence and next-generation technologies. As the backbone of our digital economy, competitive telecommunications networks require reliable, abundant energy to power the data centers and advanced computing facilities that drive AI innovation.
Stabilizing today’s grid, optimizing existing resources and building for the needs of tomorrow, aligns with INCOMPAS members’ commitment to delivering cutting-edge services to consumers and businesses nationwide. By streamlining environmental permitting processes for critical energy infrastructure while maintaining robust security standards, we can ensure that America remains the global leader in AI development without compromising our competitive communications ecosystem.
We are pleased that the plan includes a focus on workforce development in the age of AI. The recommendations lay the foundation that will ensure the benefits of AI advancement flow directly to American communities and workers. Our members are already partnering with educational institutions and training programs to develop the next generation of network engineers, data scientists and AI specialists who will build and maintain America’s AI infrastructure.
INCOMPAS is committed to working with the Trump Administration, Congress and the companies that form our membership – across the full AI stack – to ensure America maintains its competitive edge in this global race. As we have seen before, policies that foster innovation, competition and the entrepreneurial spirit have always held us in good stead. Now it’s time to do it again for the AI age.”
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