Trump appoints Silicon Valley execs to key executive positions | Wilnesh News

President-elect Trump is inviting technology giants to join his new administration, continuing a trend of Silicon Valley’s growing influence in Trump’s second White House.

trump card say sunday He will nominate Andreessen Horowitz managing partner Scott Kupor to serve as director of the Office of Personnel Management, which coordinates hiring and provides resources to government employees.

Kupur thanked Trump in a post on Emerging Committee on Government Spending and Regulation.

trump card Also picked Sriram Krishnan serves as senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Krishnan, most recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, has a long career in technology, including roles at: Microsoft, YuanTwitter, break and Yahoo. He has previous connections with Musk and has provided him with assistance Running social media services “temporarily” X After Musk acquired the platform (formerly Twitter) for $44 billion 2022.

Musk, a tech billionaire who was Trump’s largest donor and one of his most outspoken supporters during the campaign, has become one of the president-elect’s closest advisers. His outsize influence over Trump has led to growing consternation among Democrats, foreign leaders and business executives, some of whom compete with Musk’s companies. In addition to X, Musk also runs an automaker Teslaspace exploration company SpaceX and brain technology startup Neuralink.

Krishnan will likely work closely with David Sacks, another tech executive with a long history with Musk. Earlier this month, Trump appointed Sachs, a former venture capitalist PayPal Chief Operating Officer and Popular Podcaster – Czar of Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence.

On Sunday, Trump also appointed PayPal and Founders Fund co-founder Ken Howery as U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. He also appointment Michael Kratsios most recently served as managing director of technology startup Scale AI and as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Kratsios served as chief technology officer during the first Trump administration.

In addition, Trump also named his predecessor Uber Executive Officer Emil Michael serves as Undersecretary for Research and Engineering.

Tech leaders welcomed the appointment in social media posts. Former Meta executive David Marcus called Trump’s choice an ‘extraordinary choice’ and Box CEO Aaron Levie explain These appointments are “very powerful”.

Since Trump’s election, many tech companies have backed the president-elect, a sharp departure from his first term, when the industry had a tense relationship with Trump.

AmazonMeta and OpenAI Sam Altman announced that they would donate US$1 million each to the Trump Inaugural Committee. In recent weeks, Silicon Valley executives have made pilgrimages to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.