Sriram Krishnan has been named a senior advisor to Trump’s AI policies
Incoming President Donald Trump has confirmed reports that Sriram Krishnan, who until recently was a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), will serve as a senior advisor for artificial intelligence policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Trump said in a statement Krishnan “will help shape and coordinate AI policy across the government, working with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.” And in A mail On X, Krishnan said he will work closely with former PayPal COO David Sachs, who was recently named Trump’s “crypto czar” and “AI czar.”
“I am honored to be able to serve our country and ensure continued American leadership in artificial intelligence,” Krishnan wrote. “Thank you Donald Trump for this opportunity.”
Krishnan, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, previously led product teams at Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo! (Disclosure: Parent company of TechCrunch), Facebook, and Snap. He and his wife Aarthi Ramamurthy rose to further fame in 2021 as hosts of the podcast “The Aarthi and Sriram Show” (which was then called “Good Time Show”).
Krishnan has a close relationship with Musk, having worked with him to rebuild Twitter (now X) after Musk acquired the company in 2022. Musk co-leads the company. Government Efficiency Departmenta political group to recommend government restructuring and cuts in federal spending.
Some important announcements today by President Trump regarding his tech team! I look forward to working with:
— Michael Kratsios – Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.
– Dr. Lin… https://t.co/zai4a61VVC– David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 22, 2024
Krishnan was appointed General Partner at a16z in February 2021, and in 2023 was selected to lead the firm’s London office, its first location outside the United States. He left in late November.
Krishnan expressed some of his views on current AI trends in an article opinion A piece last year in the New York Times. He called for creating a “radically different mechanism” for websites to “exchange” value with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI-powered chatbots.
“Some industry experts believe the answers lie in legal action and that legacy sites form content alliances,” he said. “As a technologist, I hope the answers lie in the code rather than the lawyers and that we see innovative technological solutions to help keep the Internet open.”
