Former White House AI Adviser Sriram Krishnan Raising a Venture Fund

Sriram Krishnan, who advised President Donald Trump on AI policy before leaving the White House in June, is raising a venture fund that is targeting about $500 million to invest in growth- and later-stage AI companies, The Information reported.

Krishnan would be the sole general partner. The firm plans to focus on U.S.-based AI companies in areas such as national and cyber security, and to seek companies with opportunities for public-private collaboration, modeled on industries like aerospace, where firms often partner with agencies such as NASA. It couldn’t be learned which companies the firm is considering. The fund is in a formative stage.

One person said it plans to start making investments by the end of this year, and two said prospective investors include endowments and other institutional investors. At the White House he worked under AI and crypto czar David Sacks and helped lead the administration’s AI action plan, released in July 2025. Earlier he worked at Microsoft and Twitter, then joined Andreessen Horowitz in 2021, where he helped lead the firm’s $400 million investment in Twitter as part of Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout and opened its London office in 2023.