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Sriram Krishnan Steps Down As White House AI Advisor

Krishnan was appointed by the US President Donald Trump in December 2024 as a senior policy advisor for AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

June 8, 2026 02:41 PM IST | Written by Supriya Singh | Edited by Vaibhav Jha

Sriram Krishnan, the Indian-American tech executive serving as a senior White House policy advisor on artificial intelligence, announced stepping down from his role post his 18 month tenure in the Trump administration.

Sharing the news on social media platform X, Krishnan said, “I’ll be leaving my role at the White House at the end of this month. After a break I’ll be working on helping tackle some of the large challenges facing America on AI (more on that later). It is hard to express how big a privilege it has been to serve the American people and how grateful I am to have had the opportunity to do so.”

“The past 18 months have given me a front row seat to this critical moment on AI facing America and our allies. Whether it is energy, data centers or a clear path for Americans to experience the benefits of AI, there are many tough issues we all need to navigate together. I plan on building institutions that help tackle some of those challenges for America and its allies,” Krishnan wrote on X while highlighting his future plans.

🇺🇸🚀 SOME NEWS: I’ll be leaving my role at the White House at the end of this month. After a break I’ll be working on helping tackle some of the large challenges facing America on AI (more on that later).
It is hard to express how big a privilege it has been to serve the…
— Sriram Krishnan (@sriramk) June 6, 2026

Krishnan was appointed by the US President Donald Trump in December 2024 as a senior policy advisor for AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

In his post on X Krishna also highlighted some of his key public accomplishments from last year such as architecting and publishing the American AI Action Plan, working on AI acceleration partnerships to strengthen American AI stack globally, contributing to the National AI Policy Framework executive order and advocating for the American AI stack with other allies globally including holding of AI summits in France and India, state visits to the UK, the Middle East and more.

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Supriya Singh
Supriya Singh is a Reporter at AI FrontPage covering the AI & Education and AI & Jobs beats. She brings six years of print and digital experience, including three years at The Asian Age, where she reported on higher education, Delhi government, and crime. She is based in Delhi-NCR.
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Vaibhav Jha
Vaibhav Jha is an Editor and Co-founder of AI FrontPage. In his decade long career in journalism, Vaibhav has reported for publications including The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and The New York Times, covering the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Outside work, he’s usually trying to persuade people to watch Anurag Kashyap films.
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