US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he has shortlisted Sriram Krishnan, a former Microsoft employee and ally of billionaire Elon Musk, as a senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “Working closely with David Sachs, Shriram will help ensure continued American leadership in AI and help shape and coordinate AI policy across government.”
Who is Sriram Krishnan?
A tech industry veteran, Krishnan holds a B.Tech in Information Technology from SRM Engineering College, Anna University, Chennai and passed out in 2005. He started his career at Microsoft as a founding member of Windows Azure and worked there for over 6 years. year
Later, Krishnan joined Facebook in 2013 to lead its product and business verticals. He also had a brief stint at Snapchat for a year in 2016 before joining Twitter (now X) in 2017.
At Twitter, Krishnan led several key consumer product teams and helped drive Twitter’s DAV growth. He most recently served as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
Krishnan has also been an investor/consultant at several firms including Figma, Nation, Cameo, Coda, Scale.ai, SpaceX, CRED, among others. Krishnan reportedly shares a close relationship with billionaire Elon Musk, who he worked with when he acquired Twitter in 2022.
🇺🇸 I am honored to serve our country and work closely with continued American leadership in AI. @DavidSacks.
thank you @realDonaldTrump For this occasion. pic.twitter.com/kw1n0IKK2a
– Sriram Krishnan (@sriramk) December 22, 2024
Responding to Trump’s announcement, Krishnan wrote in a post on X, “I am honored to serve our country and ensure continued American leadership in AI. Thank you, Donald Trump, for this opportunity.
Trump added in his post that Krishnan will work with former PayPal COO David Sachs, who was recently appointed as White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar in his new administration.
Krishnan also co-hosts a podcast with wife Aarti Ramamurthy, who is also an investor, product executive and founder. podcast,’Aarti and Shriram showIts list includes high-profile guests, including Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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