Indian software tycoon wanted to hire Trump’s new AI advisor Sriram Krishnan, but Microsoft beat him

Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu, in his congratulatory put up for Donald Trump’s new AI Advisor, Indian-origin Sriram Krishnan, revealed that in 2004, he wished to rent the entrepreneur however misplaced the race to Microsoft. The US President-elect introduced Krishnan’s identify for the place of Senior White Home Coverage Advisor on Synthetic Intelligence.

“Congratulations Sriram! Again in 2004, when Sriram was graduating from SRM College, I got here throughout his weblog – one of many early programming blogs from India at the moment. I used to be so impressed I wished to recruit him however Microsoft already had recruited him. Now we have been in contact on and off as he later moved to Silicon Valley (sic) and have become an entrepreneur. President Trump has discovered an awesome expertise for his expertise staff!” Vembu wrote in his X put up. He shared it whereas reacting to a put up by Krishnan thanking Donald Trump for giving him “this chance.”

What did Sriram Krishnan put up?

The entrepreneur wrote, “I am honored to have the ability to serve our nation and guarantee continued American management in AI working intently with David Sacks.”

Sriram Krishnan’s reply to Sridhar Vembu:

Krishnan, too, reacted to the put up thanking Vembu. “Thanks Sridhar. You’ve been an inspiration to Aarthi Ramamurthy and me (and numerous others) for over 20 years,” he wrote. Krishnan is married to Ramamurthy, and the couple hosts a podcast known as The Aarthi and Sriram Present.

Check out the X dialog right here:

What did web customers say?

“Nice!!! It takes one expertise to identify one other expertise,” a person wrote. One other added, “@sriramk had been my inspiration as properly. Ever since I discovered his interview revealed in my faculty journal (2002) and later when I discovered his weblog (2009) – it performed an enormous position in thrilling me to get into tech and programming.”

A 3rd expressed, “That is an awesome appreciation.” A fourth commented, “Great to know. Hearty congratulations to Sriman for his future endeavours.”

Donald Trump on Sriram Krishnan:

“Sriram Krishnan will function Senior Coverage Advisor for Synthetic Intelligence on the White Home Workplace of Science and Know-how Coverage. Working intently with David Sacks, Sriram will deal with guaranteeing continued American management in AI, and assist form and coordinate AI coverage throughout Authorities, together with working with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Know-how. Sriram began his profession at Microsoft as a founding member of Home windows Azure,” Donald Trump wrote in his social media put up.