Sriram Krishnan gives his role as AI consultant of the White House

Sriram Krishnan, a former tech executive and venture investor, will leave the Trump government at the end of June.

In an X post, Krishnan said: “It is difficult to express how honoured it is to serve the American people, and I am grateful for the opportunity to do so. First and foremost, I am honoured to work under the leadership of President Donald Trump. Without his leadership, we would not be in the lead in the A.I. competition.”

Krishnan has been a senior policy adviser to the White House on artificial intelligence and is one of the many science and technology professionals in the second government of Trump. Krishnan, who led the Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook and Snap product team, recently became a partner in the Andressen Horowitz company, whose founder supported Trump during the 2024 general election.

Krishnan highlighted some of the “critical public achievements” in his post, beginning with the Government's artificial intelligence action plan, which placed data centre construction above regulation and security. Since then, Trump has signed several executive orders around artificial intelligence, one aimed at challenging state-level artificial intelligence regulations and the other focusing on regulation, which has been postponed and reduced following industrial resistance.

Trump also supports the idea that the government can share in large artificial intelligence companies.

Krishnan stated that he had “the closest partner in the past 18 months” as an investor and podcast, David Sachs, who had resigned earlier this year as an artificially intelligent and encrypted money tsar and co-chaired the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology.

Krishnan said, “[Sax] continues to advocate for the United States to win in artificial intelligence, which was and is vital.”

Next, Krishna stated that he would “establish institutions” to address the major challenges of the United States and its allies. According to the Washington Post, he planned to establish an external body that would continue to give him a role in influencing the artificial intelligence policy of Trump.

Krishnan said: “Whether it be energy, data centres or a clear way for Americans to experience the benefits of artificial intelligence, there are many difficult issues that need to be addressed together.”