Eric Breckenfeld
Director of Technology Policy
NVIDIA
Eric Breckenfeld serves on NVIDIA’s government affairs team as Director of Technology Policy, where he leads on policy related to semiconductor supply chains and artificial intelligence. Prior to this, Eric held a role at the Semiconductor Industry Association, where he assisted with the passage and early implementation of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. Previously, Eric served as a subject matter expert at DARPA, was an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow for the White House’s National Nanotechnology Initiative, and was a National Research Council Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Recent Events and Presentations
The State of Open-Source AI and Why It Matters
The in-person panel held on Capitol Hill explored the unique use cases enabled by open models, how open-source AI increases competition across the AI stack, and how it enables a wide range of firms, researchers, and public institutions to build and deploy AI. It also explored what steps policymakers can take to support a secure and thriving open AI ecosystem.
Scale Matters: Understanding The Economics of Global Semiconductor Innovation
Watch now for an expert panel elucidating the innovation economics of the global semiconductor industry, exploring how the industry is capitalized, and exploring the landscape of global semiconductor competition and policy in the year ahead.
