Trump appoints top Silicon Valley executives to key executive positions | Real Time Headlines

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

trump card say on 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 Commission 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 huge influence on Trump is increasingly shocking Democratic Partyforeign 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. trump card Earlier this month, Sax — Venture Capitalist, former 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 Announces donation of US$1 million Everyone was on Trump’s inaugural committee. In recent weeks, Silicon Valley executives have made pilgrimages to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.