Meta Hires Trump Ally Powell McCormick to Drive AI Buildout (1)

Meta Platforms Inc. has appointed a former top adviser to US President Donald Trump to a newly created senior management role focused on partnering with governments and investors on AI.

Dina Powell McCormick, a former Goldman Sachs executive, is joining the company this week as president and vice chairman. She’s part of a new team of senior executives that will focus on the company’s growing list of expensive data center projects — a group that will help steward the hundreds of billions it plans to investment into artificial intelligence infrastructure as it pursues “superintelligence.” She will report ...