Sriram Krishnan, the Trump administration’s senior AI policy adviser, is heading for the exit with a parting message that should surprise absolutely no one: there will be no federal AI regulator on this president’s watch.
Krishnan, who served roughly 18 months shaping the White House’s artificial intelligence strategy, will step down at the end of June 2026.
The innovation-first playbook
Since joining in early 2025, he helped formulate the administration’s AI Action Plan, which prioritized growth in the AI sector and data center expansion rather than erecting regulatory guardrails.
Instead of creating a new federal agency to police AI development, the administration opted for a framework built on voluntary compliance.
