Sriram Krishnan is a technology executive and policy advisor who previously served as General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a16z crypto, and as Senior Policy Adviser for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He is founding an institution focused on national AI challenges including energy, data centers, and AI access for Americans. Sriram Krishnan's Twitter Score is 610 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, placing him #185 out of 389,587 accounts tracked on this platform. Sriram Krishnan ranks #185 (top 0.1%) out of 389,000+ tracked accounts on TwitterScore.
Sriram Krishnan was appointed General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz in February 2021, joining the consumer team, and served as General Partner at a16z crypto, backing Web3 and crypto startups. In 2023, he relocated to London to help establish the firm's first international office, with Web3, crypto, and AI investments as the primary focus. At the end of 2024, he departed to join the Trump administration as Senior Policy Adviser for Artificial Intelligence, co-authoring the AI Action Plan in July 2025 and working within the David Sacks AI and crypto policy office at the White House. His leadership role in the Stargate AI initiative earned him recognition as a Time Person of the Year 2025, cited as an Architect of Artificial Intelligence. Earlier in his career, he previously worked at Twitter as Senior Director of Product, at Snap as Head of Monetization, at Facebook, and at Microsoft as Program Manager.
Sriram Krishnan holds the ENS domain sriramk.eth, signaling direct on-chain participation in crypto, and spoke at CoinDesk Consensus 2023 during his tenure at a16z crypto. He runs The Observer Effect, a long-form interview blog covering technology operators and leaders, with episodes including MetaKovan on the $69M Beeple NFT purchase. He has published 834 posts on this platform. He has been mentioned by 540 accounts, with 1,275 total mentions tracked. His investment portfolio includes XMTP, Irys, Massive and GONDI.
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