The Indian American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan has been appointed as Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence by the President-elect Donald Trump.
Sriram Krishnan has previously worked for Twitter, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and Snap. Trump said in a statement that Sriram Krishnan will closely work David O Sacks, who will be White House AI & Crypto Czar, and ensure focus on ensuring American leadership in Artificial Intelligence.
Meanwhile, Krishnan said he is honored to serve the country and ensure American leadership in AI. The Indian American community has welcomed the appointment of Sriram Krishnan.
Here’s what we know about Sriram Krishnan
- Sriram Krishnan began his career from Microsoft as the founding member of Windows Azure.
- It is said that Krishnan has a good working relationship with billionaire and space X CEO Elon Musk.
- Krishnan has also reportedly worked Musk to revamp X formerly Twitter after he acquired the social media platform in 2022.
- In February 2021, Krishnan was appointed a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
- Krishnan left the Andreessen Horowitz in 2023 after working at his London office.
- Born in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai in a middle-class family, Krishnan did took degree in Information Technology from Tamil Nadu’s Anna University in 2005.
- Sriram Krishnan is married to Aarthi Ramamurthy and the couple resides in London.
- Sriram krishnan has called Elon Musk as ‘inspirational person and an iconic founder’ and held X owner in the past during the early days of takeover of Twitter.
Executive director of Indiaspora Sanjeev Joshipura, has congratulated Sriram Krishnan saying, “We are delighted that Krishnan has been appointed as Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.”
