US President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s America Fest in Phoenix, Arizona, USA on December 22, 2024.
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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.
playing cards said on sunday He plans to name Andreessen Horowitz managing partner Scott Kupol as director of the Office of Personnel Management, which coordinates and provides resources for civil service recruitment.
Kupol thanked President Trump in a post on He said that he can demonstrate leadership.
playing cards I also chose this Sriram Krishnan, 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 technology. microsoft, metaTwitter, snap And Yahoo. He had a past connection with Mask and was helping him. Run social media service X “temporarily” After Musk acquired the platform formerly known as Twitter for $44 billion. in 2022.
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. There is. 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 most recently served as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and managing director of tech startup Scale AI. Kratsios served as chief technology officer during the Trump administration.
Additionally, President Trump nominated his predecessor Uber Executive Emil Michael is appointed as Undersecretary for Research and Engineering.
Technology business leaders praised the choice in social media posts. Former Meta executive David Marcus called Trump’s selection is a “remarkable choice,” but Box CEO Aaron Levy said: said The choices were “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.
