The role is not certain but likely, Axios reports. The appointee would be responsible for keeping America's AI edge and improving government efficiency, among other tasks.

Elon Musk has embraced comparisons of his big pro-Trump political donations to those of liberal donor George Soros and said he wants to copy his tactics.

Trump, as president-elect, travelled to Texas to watch the most recent Starship test alongside Musk: unfortunately the planned booster recovery wasn’t repeated. But right back to Falcon 1, SpaceX has seen early test failures, learned from them and gone on to succeed.