Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor

<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">Former tech executive and VC Sriram Krishnan is leaving the Trump administration at the end of June.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It is hard to express how big a privilege it has been to serve the American people and how grateful I am to have had the opportunity to do so,” Krishnan said in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/sriramk/status/2063296160995930507?s=46&amp;t=dDcpMIMYg6fdPePSTT9k6w">a post on X</a>. “First and foremost, it has been an honor to serve under President [Donald Trump]. Without his leadership, we would not be leading in the AI race.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Krishnan, who’s been serving as <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/22/sriram-krishnan-named-trumps-senior-policy-advisor-for-ai/">a senior policy advisor</a> on artificial intelligence at the White House, was one of a number of tech industry figures to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/how-silicon-valleys-influence-in-washington-benefits-the-tech-elite/">take roles in the second Trump administration</a>. Krishnan has led product teams at Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, and Snap, and he was most recently a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a firm whose founders <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.startpage.com/sp/search">threw their support behind Trump</a> during the 2024 election. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In his post, Krishnan highlighted some “key public accomplishments,” starting with t<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/trumps-ai-strategy-trades-guardrails-for-growth-in-race-against-china/">he administration’s AI Action Plan</a>, which prioritized data center construction over regulation and safety. Since then, Trump has signed several executive orders around AI, including one that <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/12/trumps-ai-executive-order-promises-one-rulebook-startups-may-get-legal-limbo-instead/">seeks to challenge state-level AI regulations</a> and another focused on oversight that was <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections/">delayed and narrowed after industry pushback</a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump has also endorsed the idea that <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/06/the-trump-administration-might-take-an-equity-stake-in-openai/">the government could take an equity stake in major AI companies</a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Krishnan noted that the person he “worked [most] closely with over the last 18 months” was David Sacks, the investor and podcaster who <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/david-sacks-is-done-as-ai-czar-heres-what-hes-doing-instead/">stepped down as AI and crypto czar</a> earlier this year and became co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“[Sacks’] continuing advocacy for America winning on AI has been and continues to be crucial,” Krishnan said.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Next, Krishnan said he will be “building institutions” that tackle big challenges for “America and its allies.” <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/06/trump-top-ai-advisor-leaving-white-house/">According to The Washington Post</a>, he’s planning to start an outside institution that will still give him a role in influencing Trump’s AI policy.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Whether it is energy, data centers or a clear path for Americans to experience the benefits of AI, there are many tough issues we all need to navigate together,” Krishnan said.</p>