US President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s America Fest on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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President-elect Donald Trump has welcomed tech heavyweights into his new administration, continuing the trend of Silicon Valley’s growing influence during his second Trump presidency.
President Trump announced Sunday that he will nominate Andreessen Horowitz managing partner Scott Cupol to head the Office of Personnel Management, which coordinates and provides resources for hiring government employees.
Kupol thanked President Trump in a post on He said that he can demonstrate leadership.
President Trump also named Sriram Krishnan as senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Mr. Krishnan, most recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, has a long career in the technology industry. microsoft, metaTwitter, snap And Yahoo. He has previously had ties to Musk, including “temporarily” helping run social media service X after Musk acquired the platform formerly known as Twitter for $44 billion in 2022. Ta.
Musk, a tech billionaire who was one of President Trump’s biggest donors and most vocal supporters during the campaign, has emerged as one of the president-elect’s closest advisers. His outsized influence over Mr. Trump has raised concerns among Democrats, foreign leaders and business executives, some of whom compete with Mr. Musk’s company. Musk runs a car manufacturer with X tesladefense contractor SpaceX, and braintech startup Neuralink.
Mr. Krishnan is likely to work closely with David Sachs, another technology executive with a long history with Mr. Musk. President Trump nominated Sachs, a venture capitalist and former venture capitalist, earlier this month. paypal COO and popular podcaster — the “emperor” of cryptocurrencies and AI.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and DOGE committee co-chair candidate, and Vice President-elect JD attend the Army-Navy football game held in Landover, Maryland, USA on December 14, 2024.・Mr. Vance attends the meeting of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. .
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President Trump on Sunday nominated Ken Howley, co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund, to be U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. And he appointed Michael Kratsios, who most recently served as executive director of the tech startup Scale AI, to head the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Kratsios served as chief technology officer during the Trump administration.
Additionally, President Trump nominated his predecessor Uber Executive Emil Michael becomes Undersecretary for Research and Engineering.
Technology business leaders welcomed the appointment in posts on social media. Former Meta executive David Marcus called Trump’s pick a “remarkable pick,” and Vox CEO Aaron Levy said the move was “very strong.”
Since Trump’s election victory, many tech companies have expressed support for the president-elect, a sharp contrast from the president’s first term, when the industry as a whole maintained a tense relationship with Trump.
AmazonMeta and OpenAI’s Sam Altman each announced a $1 million donation to President Trump’s inaugural committee. And in recent weeks, Silicon Valley executives have been making pilgrimages to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.
