If you take a step back, it’s impossible not to marvel at our technological ingenuity.

We have created supercomputers that fit in our hand. We are creating human organs on 3D printers. We may soon put humans on Mars, a mere 140 million miles away.

It has been 55 years since the first “moonshot,” where Americans landed the first manned spacecraft on the moon. Now, it’s time to invest in an AI moonshot — not with an intergalactic goal, but one of far more significance (and arguably more impressive) to the average American — to make the government efficient, benefiting both the people and the businesses that count on it every day.

This month, I’ll join a group of top business leaders for the final time as members of President Biden’s export council, with a shared goal of improving global trade for American companies. But this meeting will also focus on a transition to a Trump presidency, which I am hopeful will continue to unlock innovation and growth through technological investment.

While most of the attention on trade has revolved around President-elect Trump’s threats to impose sweeping tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico — and the inflated costs they could bring to materials and goods — the recent reporting by Axios that Trump plans to appoint an “AI Czar,”........

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