Sriram Krishnan, the senior policy advisor on artificial intelligence at the White House, will step down from his role at the end of June. Krishnan, who previously held product leadership positions at Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, and Snap, and most recently served as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, shared the news in a post on X, calling it a privilege to serve under President Donald Trump. He credited Trump's leadership with keeping the U.S. competitive in the global AI race, though he did not disclose specific reasons for his departure.
During his roughly 18-month tenure, Krishnan helped shape the administration's AI Action Plan, which emphasized accelerating data center construction while deprioritizing safety and regulatory guardrails. President Trump subsequently signed several AI-related executive orders, including one designed to preempt state-level AI regulations and another tightening federal oversight, the latter of which was reportedly delayed and narrowed following industry feedback. Trump has also publicly floated the idea of the federal government taking equity stakes in major AI companies, a position Krishnan's team helped advance.
Krishnan singled out David Sacks, the investor and podcaster who previously served as the administration's AI and crypto czar before becoming co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology earlier this year, as the person he worked most closely with. Looking ahead, Krishnan said he plans to build new institutions focused on challenges ranging from energy and data center expansion to ensuring Americans benefit from AI advances. According to The Washington Post, one of those ventures will be an outside organization designed to keep him involved in shaping Trump's AI policy from beyond the White House.