President-elect Donald Trump is tapping tech heavyweights to join his new administration, continuing a trend of Silicon Valley's growing influence in a second Trump White House.
Trump also picked Sriram Krishnan as senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Along with X, Musk runs vehicle maker Tesla , defense contractor SpaceX and brain tech startup Neuralink.
Krishnan will likely work closely with David Sacks, another tech executive who has a long history with Musk.
Trump earlier this month named Sacks — a venture capitalist, former PayPal COO and popular podcaster — as "czar" of crypto and AI.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Trump, Scott Kupor, Andreessen Horowitz, Kupor, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Sriram Krishnan, Krishnan, Musk, David Sacks, Sacks —
Organizations:
Trump White House, Personnel Management, Elon, Department of Government, White, Office of Science, Technology, Microsoft, Meta, Yahoo, Trump, SpaceX