Donald Trump has appointed Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author, as the Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence. In an official statement announcing many other appointments, the president-elect said, “Sriram Krishnan will serve as the senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.”
Trump added, “Working closely with David Sacks, Sriram will focus on ensuring continued American leadership in AI and help shape and coordinate A.I. policy across government, including working with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Sriram started his career at Microsoft as a founding member of Windows Azure.”
Who is Sriram Krishnan?
Krishnan studied at SRM Valliammai Engineering College in Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. He began his career at Microsoft, where he contributed to the development of Windows Azure, working on its APIs and services. He is the author of the book Programming Windows Azure for O’Reilly.
Krishnan joined Facebook in 2013, where he significantly scaled the company’s mobile app download ad business. He later also worked at Snap. Krishnan worked at Twitter (now X) until 2019, when he collaborated with Elon Musk to restructure the platform. He became a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in 2021. Later 2023, he led the firm’s first international office in London.
Krishnan, an investor, is also an advisor in the Indian fintech company Cred. He is known for co-hosting The Aarthi and Sriram Show podcast with his wife, Aarthi Ramamurthy.
