Sriram Krishnan, senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence at the White House, is departing the Trump administration at the end of June after 18 months shaping US AI policy from inside the executive branch.
Krishnan, a former product leader at Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, and Snap, and most recently a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, was among several Silicon Valley figures who joined the second Trump administration. His tenure spanned the administration’s AI Action Plan, which prioritised data centre construction over regulation, as well as several executive orders on AI governance and a push to pre-empt state-level AI legislation.
He described his closest working relationship as being with David Sacks, the former AI and crypto czar who now co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and credited Sacks’ continued advocacy as crucial to maintaining America’s AI lead.
According to the Washington Post, Krishnan plans to establish an outside institution that will continue to influence Trump’s AI policy, focusing on challenges including energy infrastructure, data centre expansion, and ensuring Americans benefit directly from AI-driven growth.
