Satya Nadella and Michael Dell were awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the White House during an appearance alongside other tech leaders
THE SO WHAT
National recognition of cloud-era leaders is a reminder that hyperscale infrastructure is now political infrastructure. If you operate at scale in AI or cloud, treat DC relationship-building and policy fluency as core exec work, not a side-channel.
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