➕ What Trump’s New AI Plan Means for Your Growth

Plus: ChatGPT shops, FDA flops, search shifts

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Kofi Annan
July 24, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

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The AI train just hit turbo and regulations, shopping carts, and search behavior are all rattling. Miss the signals now, and you’ll sprint to catch up later.

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Trump’s new AI action plan, decoded

Five pillars aim to juice growth, guard IP, and tame risks.

  • Federal agencies ordered to buy more domestic AI, creating instant demand

  • Plan proposes a national data trust, easing access to public datasets

“Think of it as DARPA for commercial AI” – Read more

What this means to you: Position your startup as a niche supplier in healthcare, defense, or energy to tap fresh federal budgets. Build case studies showing secure data handling—those will become bid ticket entries.

What to watch for: Congressional budget markups that reveal which sectors get the fattest checks.

ChatGPT just became your intern

OpenAI lets GPT shop online and crank out slide decks end-to-end.

  • Users input goals, GPT handles product selection, payment, and PowerPoint

  • API hooks open doors for founders to embed one-click task bots

“Automation gets mainstream within months” – OpenAI PM – Read more

What this means to you: Embed GPT’s task agents into onboarding flows to slash churn. Offer a “done-for-you” package: the bot buys supplies, schedules demos, and drafts proposals so clients stick. Expect higher LTV without adding headcount.

What to watch for: Stripe, Shopify, or Canva announcing native GPT agent integrations.

FDA’s AI rollout faceplants

Agency launched a one-size-fits-all AI tool. Staff revolt and errors mount.

  • Tool misflags drug labels, forcing manual rechecks and delays

  • Whistleblowers cite rushed timelines, zero change-management training

“Accuracy dropped below seventy percent” – Read more

What this means to you: Tech without training equals chaos. Before shoving AI into workflows, run pilot sprints, document failure modes, and reward feedback. Sell “AI adoption playbooks” as a service; midsize orgs will pay to avoid FDA-style embarrassment.

What to watch for: Congress hearings that could lead to mandatory AI change-management standards.

Search is chatting, not Googling

Forty-two percent of shoppers now start with an AI chatbot, not a search bar.

  • Brands see drop in organic clicks as chatbots surface direct answers

  • Marketers rush to feed models structured product data

“Traffic from traditional search fell nine percent YoY” – Read more

What this means to you: Optimize for answer engines, not ten blue links. Publish FAQ-rich JSON, push real-time inventory to model marketplaces, and seed affiliate prompts that mention your brand. Measure success by chatbot citations, not SERP rank.

What to watch for: Google, Meta, and Amazon releasing pay-to-pin placements inside their chat responses.

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Until next time.

— Kofi

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