US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as the senior White House policy adviser on artificial intelligence (AI).

In his first rally as the US president-elect, Donald Trump shut down rumours of an "Elon Musk presidency" and hinted at purchasing the Panama Canal and Greenland. Furthermore, Trump also appointed Indian-American entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as a senior AI advisor.

Indian American entrepreneur will collaborate with the newly designated White House AI & Crypto Czar, David O. Sacks

Indian-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan has been named the Senior Policy Advisor for AI in the White House.

Sriram Krishnan, who has previously led product teams at Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo!, Facebook and Snap, will work along with David O. Sacks who will be the White House AI & Crypto Czar

His new position at the White House underlines increasing influence of Indian-Americans on global technology and policy-related posts, which marks another milestone for the community.

Indian American venture capitalist Debarghya Das believes that Sriram Krishnan, appointed as senior policy adviser for AI by US President-elect Donald Trump, will advocate for better high-skilled immigration reform,

Sriram Krishnan will serve as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy”: Donald Trump.

Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu tried to hire Indian-American venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan back in 2004, only to find Microsoft had already recruited him.