Review of the Department of Energy Re-Organization and the Effort to Build a Private-Sector Integrated AI Platform Using Federal Scientific Datasets

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
2318 Rayburn

12/10/2025 at 10:00AM

The purpose of this hearing, entitled “The Genesis Mission: Prioritizing American Science and Technology Leadership,” is to examine President Trump’s executive order, “Launching the Genesis Mission.” This hearing will also review the Department of Energy (DOE)’s recent reorganization and evaluate how these changes impact the goals and priorities of its civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial programs.

Hearing charter

Witness:

  • Darío Gil, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy

The executive order “Launching the Genesis Mission” was published on November 24th and the Department of Energy website published on November 25th. The list of corporate collaborators on the site includes AWS, AMD, Microsoft, IBM, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, and Anthropic. The website was built by DOGE operatives Ed “Big Balls” Coristine and Joe Gebbia.

Unlike the broader Department of Energy reorganization, this project was authorized by Congress in section 50404 of the One Big Brutal Bill Act, “Transformational Artificial Intelligence Models,” which appropriated $150 million for national lab-private sector AI partnerships.

Department of Energy Genesis Mission Town Hall:

Berkeley National Lab has announced three AI-research initiatives under the Genesis umbrella, two of which are ongoing:

  • Multi-Office particle Accelerator Team (MOAT): MOAT currently includes partners from Argonne, Brookhaven, Fermi, Jefferson, Oak Ridge, and SLAC national laboratories, as well as industrial partners at Advanced Micro Devices, Kitware, Nusano, NVIDIA, Radiasoft, and Xlight. This continues ongoing AI-assisted particle accelerator research. Jean-Luc Vay is MOAT’s lead and the head of the Advanced Modeling Program in the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division.
  • SYNAPS-I (Synergistic Neutron and Photon Autonomous Science – Imaging). The effort will integrate foundation models across all participating light and neutron sources, enabling unified analysis of imaging data from cutting-edge X-ray and neutron instruments at seven DOE Basic Energy Sciences user facilities, including the ALS, a synchrotron light source that produces X-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared light. Alex Hexemer, ALS senior scientist is the SYNAPS-I lead point of contact.
  • Orchestrated Platform for Autonomous Laboratories to Accelerate AI-Driven BioDesign (OPAL) project is using robotic systems, AI agents and models, and standardized data-sharing platforms to accelerate the biotechnology pipeline. Paul Adams is the Associate Laboratory Director for Biosciences and OPAL lead point of contact. OPAL is an ongoing initiative supported by DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) programs.