Incoming President Donald Trump confirmed. Reports Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), will serve as senior policy advisor for AI in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Trump said. Statement Krishnan said he will “help shape and coordinate AI policy across government with the President's Advisory Council on Science and Technology.” And in one Post At X, Krishnan said he will work closely with former PayPal COO David Sacks, who was recently named Trump's crypto and AI 'czar'.
“I am proud to serve our country and ensure America's continued leadership in AI,” Krishnan wrote. “Thank you. Donald Trump For this opportunity.”
An entrepreneur and VC, Krishnan previously worked at Microsoft; Twitter He led product teams at Yahoo. (Disclosure: TechCrunch's parent company); Facebook and Snap. He and his wife Aarthi Ramamurthy rose to fame again in 2021 as hosts of the podcast “The Aarthi and Sriram Show” (then called the “Good Time Show”).
Krishnan has a close relationship with billionaire Elon Musk, who worked to rebuild Twitter (now X) after purchasing Musk's company in 2022. Co-chaired by Musk. whether government departments are efficientA policy group that recommends government restructuring and cuts to central spending.
Some important announcements today from President Trump on his Tech Team. I hope to work with:
– Michael Kratsios – Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and an Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.
– Dr. Lin… https://t.co/zai4a61VVC— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 22 2024
Krishnan was named a general partner at a16z in February 2021 and was tapped to lead the firm's London office in 2023, its first non-U.S. location. He left in late November.
Krishnan shared some of his views on current AI trends. Comment section In the New York Times last year. He called for “a fundamentally different mechanism” for websites to exchange value with OpenAI's ChatGPT and other AI-powered chatbots.
“Big internet sites are fighting back against internet AI models, which is the equivalent of raising a castle bridge,” he said. user Demonstrations on Reddit and Stack Exchange and those platforms Data License programs. “Some industry experts believe the answer is legal action and older sites forming content alliances. As a technologist, my hope is that the answers lie with code rather than lawyers, and that we see creative technological solutions to help keep the Internet open.”