Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, has been appointed by US President-elect Donald Trump as the Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence. Krishnan will work alongside ex-PayPal Chief Operating Officer (COO) David O Sacks, who has been nominated as the “White House AI and crypto czar.”
Born in Chennai, Krishnan earned his BTech degree in Information Technology from SRM Engineering College in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. In 2005, he left for the US at the age of 21.
Krishnan began his journey in the tech world with Microsoft in 2005. He later led product teams at major tech companies including X, Yahoo!, Facebook, and Snap.
Krishnan is closely associated with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The duo worked on restructuring Twitter (now rebranded as X) after Musk acquired the company in 2022. Musk now serves as co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), a policy group focused on making recommendations for government restructuring and reducing federal spending.
