Trump-Backed Miner’s President Departs for AI Power Firm Giga Energy

The president of a Bitcoin mining company with deep political ties is leaving the world of block rewards for the booming market of artificial intelligence infrastructure.

According to the original report from CoinDesk, Matt Prusak has stepped down from American Bitcoin—a firm backed by Eric Trump—to take a role at Giga Energy, a company building power solutions for AI data centers. The move isn’t just another executive shuffle.

It cuts to the heart of a structural realignment taking place across North American energy infrastructure.

Mining executives who spent years optimizing for Bitcoin’s hashrate are now being courted by AI firms that need massive, reliable power and the operational expertise to run it at scale. A High-Profile Exit from Trump-Backed Mining American Bitcoin occupies a unique niche.