ARJAVA MEDIA:
Hailing from a middle-class Tamil family, the 41 years old Sriram Krishan was born in Chennai. He earned a BTech degree in information technology from SRM Engineering College, Anna University.
The Indian-American Sriram Krishnan will serve as a Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, President-elect Donald Trump announced. Before his appointment, he worked at Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, Snapchat, and Twitter in leadership roles. Sriram Krishnan is a founding member of Windows Azure. Donald Trump will take charge of the 47th President of the USA on 20 January 2024, his second term.
Hailing from a middle-class Tamil family, the 41 years old Sriram Krishan was born in Chennai. He earned a BTech degree in information technology in 2005, at the age of 21 from SRM Engineering College, Anna University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. In his college days, he used to read coding books and practice coding as a hobby. Two years after graduation, he joined Microsoft as a program manager for Visual Studio. Later, he joined Facebook and there he built the Facebook Audience Network. At Twitter, he headed product and core user experience, which led to a substantial user growth rate. Sriram Krishnan also worked with Elon Musk at the Department of Government Efficiency.
Sriram Krishnan is also a venture capitalist. Earlier. Media reported Sriram Krishnan’s exit from Andreessen Horowitz, as a general partner at the end of the year. He joined Andreessen Horowitz, known as A16z, in 2021 and worked as a crypto investor at A16z. Less than a week earlier, the announcement of his new appointment at the White House, Sriram Krishnan confirmed in an X post that he would be leaving A16z at the end of the year.
At the White House, he will focus on shaping AI policy across the government, collaborating with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In his announcement, Trump emphasised Krishnan’s strong foundation, having started his career at Microsoft and worked with other Silicon Valley giants. “I’m honoured to serve our country and help ensure continued American leadership in AI.”
Trump has received strong support from the Indian-American community for this admirable decision. The Trump decision shocked a section of Americans, as they looked at Sriram Krishnan as a techie capable of shaping America’s public policy, and future AI policy and influencing the international affairs of the US. The Indian-American community has become a big contributor to the growth of the US in the AI era and to make its global influence stronger.
