President Donald Trump has done a “phenomenal job” at working to increase domestic production of semiconductor chips as the technology race against China heats up, Substrate founder and CEO James Proud told Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle.
\n\nThe interview took place Tuesday in Washington, DC, at a Breitbart News policy event entitled “AI is Here: What to Fear, What to Embrace,” which also featured conversations with industry experts like Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, ASI CEO and co-founder Philip Buckendorf, and Innovation Council Action founder Taylor Budowich.
\n\nSubstrate, Proud’s San Francisco-based startup, was founded to “return the United States to dominance in semiconductor fabrication” as the boom of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have exponentially increased the need for such chips.
\n\nThe U.S. imported $156 billion worth of chips in 2024, while China reportedly invested more into its domestic chip industry than any other country in 2025.
\n\nStressing the importance of ending the United States’s over-reliance on other countries for chips, Proud also praised the Trump administration for securing funding for fabrication plants, or “fabs.”
\n\nSubstrate founder and CEO James Proud told Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle at a Breitbart News…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/
