White House AI Policy Advisor Sriram Krishnan has announced he will resign at the end of June to launch a new organization supporting government AI initiatives.

According to Constellate Beating monitoring, White House AI Policy Advisor Sriram Krishnan has announced that he will voluntarily step down from his position at the end of June this year. Since January 2025, Krishnan has served in the Trump administration as the White House Senior AI Policy Advisor, working closely with AI and crypto czar David Sacks. After concluding his approximately 18-month term and taking a brief hiatus, he plans to establish a new policy and tech institution, recruiting engineers to further support the U.S. government and allies in key areas such as energy, data centers, and broader policy.

During his tenure, Krishnan helped drive several key AI initiatives of the Trump administration. Major accomplishments include designing and launching the "American AI Action Plan" (released in July 2025), advancing the "AI Accelerate Partnership" aimed at enhancing U.S. global competitiveness in AI technology, drafting the recently signed "National AI Policy Framework" presidential executive order (which also forms the basis for this year's collaboration with Congress on legislation), and actively lobbying and promoting the U.S. AI tech stack at AI summits and multilateral visits in countries such as France and India.

Prior to this, Krishnan immigrated from India to the U.S. in 2007 to join Microsoft and became a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in 2020. In the early days of his appointment, he faced attacks from far-right figures like Laura Loomer due to his immigrant background but received widespread bipartisan and Silicon Valley support. During the swearing-in ceremony of the new Federal Reserve Chair in May this year, Trump publicly praised his contributions to advancing U.S. advanced chip manufacturing.

Krishnan's departure comes at a time of adjustment in White House AI policy. In response to the cybersecurity threats posed by cutting-edge models like Anthropic's Mythos, White House officials have recently pushed for stricter security measures that led to the latest executive order signed by Trump this week. In the policy-making process, David Sacks advocated for a deregulatory stance, persuading Trump to retract a draft requiring AI companies to share cutting-edge models with the government 90 days before publication and ultimately shortening the deadline to 30 days.