US President Donald Trump presented America’s highest science and technology honours to six tech leaders on Thursday. Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su received the National Medal of Science.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The ceremony took place at a White House summit called “Science: A New Golden Age”, held at the Institute of Peace in Washington.Trump praised Musk’s work in space, electric vehicles and satellite internet.

He called the SpaceX and Tesla chief “our modern day Thomas Edison”. The president said the awards celebrated a golden age of American technology and innovation.The ceremony marked the first time Trump has presented the two medals in either of his terms as president. According to Fox News, it was also Musk’s latest return to Trump’s orbit after their public falling out in 2025.

The awards came hours after the administration froze green cards for Microsoft and other IT firms.Five of the six honorees are immigrants, the Associated Press reported. The event signals how closely the Trump administration now ties national prestige to the private tech industry.