In our 36 combined years of service in the United States Senate, we served on opposite sides of the aisle. Still, we agreed on this: America’s 36 million small businesses are the heart and soul of our economy. […]
The AI Race Won’t Be Won in Beijing
This week, President Trump travels to Beijing to discuss a range of issues with China, including artificial intelligence (AI). But while diplomacy matters, America’s position in the global AI race will not ultimately be decided at a negotiating table 7,000 miles away. […]
Celebrating Small Business Month and AI Entrepreneurs
This May, the American Edge Project (AEP) celebrates National Small Business Month. Entrepreneurs across America are innovating with artificial intelligence (AI) to grow their small businesses, invest in their local communities and compete with much larger companies. […]
America’s AI Buildout Is Fueling a Small Business Boom
Happy National Small Business Week! Yesterday I wrote about how AI tools are helping power up America’s small businesses. But there’s a parallel story playing out in communities across the country. […]
Main Street’s Secret Ingredient: How AI Is Powering America’s Small Business Revolution
It’s National Small Business Week, and across America’s more than 36 million small businesses, a powerful, promising story is playing out. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming the secret ingredient to small business success. […]
New Report Highlights AI’s Promise – and America’s Shrinking Lead
Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving hundreds of billions of dollars in domestic investment and consumer surplus, but ongoing U.S. leadership is threatened by a surging China and a suffocating patchwork of state overregulation, including a surprising not in my back yard (NIMBY) movement […]
Authoritarian Propaganda Is Trying to Stall America’s AI Build Out
Something strange is happening in the American debate over data centers. The arguments showing up at state and local hearings in Maine, Ohio, and Oklahoma — that AI infrastructure is too expensive, too dirty, too dangerous — are the same arguments showing up on Chinese and Russian state television, almost word for word. […]
How California can counter China on AI — and engineer a big US win
Imagine two teams preparing for a world championship. One arrives with a full game plan. Coaches, players, and management are aligned around a single strategy. […]
American Edge Project Releases 2026 Toolkit to Secure U.S. AI Leadership
As the United States and China compete for global artificial intelligence (AI) leadership, AEP’s new toolkit offers actionable guidance for Congress and federal agencies to solidify America’s competitive edge in the global technology race and ensure the United States reaps the value and benefits of AI. Highlighting critical national security, workforce, healthcare and education needs, this new resource makes it clear that AI is the future and America must lead. […]
Calvert County’s Data Center Decision Is a Model for the Rest of America
All across America, rural counties face the same concerning math: large federal and state funding cuts, local tax bases that can’t keep up with the cost of schools, roads and public safety, and young families and jobs heading for the exits. […]