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Sriram Krishnan exits White House AI advisory role
The Chennai-born tech executive said he will continue working on AI challenges facing the United States and its allies.
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Malvika Choudhary - Sat, 06, Jun 2026
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Sriram Krishnan. / Reuters
Indian-American technology executive Sriram Krishnan announced that he will step down as Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence at the end of June.
Krishnan, who was named a Time Person of the Year in 2025 as an "Architect of Artificial Intelligence," said in a post on X that he plans to take a break before focusing on efforts aimed at addressing major AI-related challenges facing the United States.
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"I'll be leaving my role at the White House at the end of this month. After a break I'll be working on helping tackle some of the large challenges facing America on AI," Krishnan, who has helped shape the Trump administration's AI agenda for the past 18 months, said.
Among the accomplishments he highlighted were helping develop and publish the American AI Action Plan, advancing AI acceleration partnerships designed to strengthen the U.S. AI technology ecosystem globally, and contributing to the National AI Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence executive order.
SOME NEWS: I'll be leaving my role at the White House at the end of this month. After a break I’ll be working on helping tackle some of the large challenges facing America on AI (more on that later).
— Sriram Krishnan (@sriramk) June 6, 2026
It is hard to express how big a privilege it has been to serve the…
Krishnan also pointed to his role in promoting American AI interests internationally through engagements with allies, including participation in AI summits in France and India, as well as state visits to the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
Calling his tenure "the privilege of a lifetime," Krishnan thanked Trump for his leadership on AI policy. "Without his leadership, we would not be leading in the AI race," he said.
He also credited White House AI and cryptocurrency adviser David Sacks, saying his advocacy for U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence had been "crucial."
Looking ahead, Krishnan said issues such as energy infrastructure, data centers and expanding public access to AI technologies remain among the key challenges facing the United States and its allies.
"The past 18 months have given me a front row seat to this critical moment on AI facing America and our allies," he wrote. "I plan on building institutions that help tackle some of those challenges for America and its allies."
Krishnan thanked several senior administration officials and advisers for their support during his tenure and expressed special gratitude to his wife, entrepreneur Aarthi Ramamurthy.
"None of this would be possible without her," he said.
A Chennai-born entrepreneur and investor, Krishnan was appointed to the White House role by President Donald Trump in December 2024 after a career spanning major technology companies including Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and Snap.
Before entering government, he was a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he focused on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
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