WASHINGTON — The White House has launched America.gov, an AI-powered “unified digital front door” to the federal government, pitching it as a single place for Americans to handle services now spread across thousands of agency websites.
The portal was unveiled September 29, 2026, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, where President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating federal agencies to integrate their public-facing services into the new platform, according to GovExec and Nextgov/FCW reporting. IRS tax filing and Defense Department and intelligence community services are excluded from the mandate.
According to the administration, the site’s chatbot draws answers only from official federal sources, sifts through roughly 29,000 federal websites, requires no account, and is free with no ads. The White House says the tool is privacy-protected.
The platform was built with Google’s Gemini and xAI’s Grok, according to Joe Gebbia, the White House’s chief design officer, who said former Department of Government Efficiency staffers built the site. The launch event drew tech executives including Elon Musk and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, along with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, per GovExec and the Washington Examiner.
Trump called it “one of the most revolutionary product launches of all time,” adding, “We’re putting power and control back into the hands of the people, right where it belongs,” according to GovExec.
A second phase planned for early 2027 would let users apply for, enroll in, and track federal benefits inside the chatbot, per Nextgov/FCW reporting.
The launch was covered by TechCrunch, GovExec, and The Register on September 29-30.
(Video: The White House)