US President Donald Trump has appointed Chennai-born Indian-origin Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence. Shriram will give all kinds of advice to Trump in the matter of Artificial Intelligence. He is considered special to Elon Musk. He is also a former Microsoft employee. Currently, Shriram is the owner of a startup, which will work on the science and technology policy of the White House Office.
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Trump has given information about this by sharing a post on social media. Sriram Krishnan will help US leadership make AI-related decisions and shape the government’s AI policy. He will also work closely with the US President’s Science and Technology Advisory Council. Indian-origin Krishnan started his career at Microsoft as a founding member of Azure Windows. He will work with David Sack on technology and policy. Expressing happiness over his appointment, Sriram Krishnan has thanked the US President.
Who is Sriram Krishnan?
Sriram Krishnanan was born in Chennai. He was born in a middle class family. He had great passion for technology. It is said that Krishnanan acquired the knowledge of coding at a time when he did not have internet. He obtained his degree from Anna University in 2005. Here he studied Information Technology.
How has Shriram’s career been?
Krishnan has experience of working in many leading companies including Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and Snap. At Facebook, Shriram created the Facebook Audience Network, which competed with Google’s ad technology. Also helped in gaining userbase on Twitter. In 2021, he focused on investing in innovative technologies like Web3 and AI. After Musk bought Twitter in 2022, Krishnan has had a hand in growing and changing it. Due to AI and social media trends, he became famous as an AI leader.