Incoming president Donald Trump has confirmed stories that Sriram Krishnan, till lately a normal companion at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), will function senior coverage advisor for AI on the White Home Workplace of Science and Know-how Coverage.
Trump stated in a assertion that Krishnan will “assist form and coordinate AI coverage throughout authorities, working with the president’s council of advisors on science and expertise.” And in a submit on X, Krishnan stated that he’ll be working carefully with ex-PayPal COO David Sacks, who was lately named Trump’s crypto and AI ‘czar.’
“I’m honored to have the ability to serve our nation and guarantee continued American management in AI,” Krishnan wrote. “Thanks, Donald Trump, for this chance.”
Krishnan, an entrepreneur and VC, beforehand led product groups at Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo! (disclosure: TechCrunch’s dad or mum firm), Fb, and Snap. He and his spouse, Aarthi Ramamurthy, rose to further prominence in 2021 as hosts of the podcast “The Aarthi and Sriram Present” (which was then known as the “Good Time Present”).
Krishnan has an in depth relationship with billionaire Elon Musk, with whom he labored to rebuild Twitter (now X) following Musk’s acquisition of the corporate in 2022. Musk co-leads the Division of Authorities Effectivity, a coverage group to advocate authorities restructuring and cuts to federal spending.
Some vital bulletins in the present day by President Trump on his Tech Staff! I stay up for working with:
— Michael Kratsios – Director of the White Home Workplace of Science and Know-how Coverage (OSTP), and an Assistant to the President for Science and Know-how.
— Dr. Lynne… https://t.co/zai4a61VVC— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 22, 2024
Krishnan was appointed a normal companion at a16z in February 2021, and in 2023, was chosen to steer the agency’s London workplace, its first non-U.S. location. He left in late November.
Krishnan expressed a couple of of his views on present AI traits in an opinion piece final yr in The New York Occasions. He known as for “a basically totally different mechanism” for web sites to “change” worth with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and different AI-powered chatbots.
“Giant web websites are combating again towards AI fashions with the web equal of elevating the fort drawbridge,” he stated, referring to consumer protests on Reddit and Stack Trade and people platforms’ information licensing applications. “Some trade consultants imagine the solutions are in authorized motion and older websites forming content material alliances. As a technologist, my hope is that the solutions lie in code somewhat than attorneys and that we see inventive expertise options to assist preserve the web open.”