Mike Rounds is a U.S. Senator from South Dakota and co-chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus. In the Senate, he has championed a bipartisan AI-policy agenda, introducing an AI legislative package in 2024 aimed at increasing AI literacy, enabling innovation in financial services and defense, improving healthcare, and promoting national-level AI governance. He also co-introduced the MedShield Act of 2025 to leverage AI for pandemic preparedness and response — underscoring his focus on AI for public health and national security. Before the Senate, Rounds served as Governor of South Dakota and spent years in state-level politics, giving him deep legislative and executive experience.