AXIOS December 5, 2024
President-elect Trump named investor, Elon Musk ally and podcaster David Sacks to the new role of “AI & crypto czar.”
Why it matters: Sacks, an experienced but controversial tech executive, will have an expansive hand in shaping the country’s technology policy.
- It further cements the influence of Musk and entrepreneur Peter Thiel in the most important parts of government.
Catch up quick: Sacks was a co-founder of PayPal, where he worked with Musk and Thiel, and later invested in their companies SpaceX and Palantir.
- “He will safeguard Free Speech online, and steer us away from Big Tech bias and censorship. He will work on a legal framework so the Crypto industry has the clarity it has been...
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