Sriram Krishnan, who has served as a senior policy advisor on artificial intelligence at the White House, announced in June 2026 that he will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the month.
Krishnan shared the news in a post on X, writing: “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.” He credited President Trump’s leadership for the United States’ position in what he described as the “AI race.”
A former tech executive with product leadership roles at Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, and Snap, Krishnan was most recently a partner at Andreessen Horowitz before joining the administration. He was among several tech industry figures to take roles in the second Trump administration.
During his tenure, Krishnan highlighted several policy developments, including the administration’s AI Action Plan, which prioritized data center construction over regulation and safety. He also noted Trump’s executive orders on AI, including one challenging state-level AI regulations and another focused on oversight that was delayed and narrowed following industry pushback.
Krishnan said the colleague he worked most closely with over the past 18 months was David Sacks, the investor who previously served as AI and crypto czar before becoming co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
After his departure, Krishnan said he plans to focus on “building institutions” to address major challenges for “America and its allies.” According to The Washington Post, he intends to start an outside institution that would allow him to continue influencing Trump’s AI policy — suggesting his exit from the administration may not represent a full departure from the policy arena.
Source: TechCrunch