David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar
March 26, 2026
David Sacks, the venture capitalist and tech billionaire who’d become Silicon Valley’s primary advocate inside the White House and a key architect of its aggressive AI policy initiatives, revealed on Thursday that he was no longer a special government employee — and therefore no longer President Donald Trump’s Special Advisor on AI and Crypto.
Sacks’ official status as an SGE allowed him to work simultaneously in the private sector and for the government, but for no more than 130 days, raising questions about why he was still in the job more than a year after his appointment. But in an interview with Bloomberg Television discussing the White House’s recent legislative proposal for an AI framework, Sacks revealed that he had now “used up that time,” and would now focus his energy on co-chairing the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
