https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/12/15/david-sacks-trump-administration-venture-capitalist-ai-cryptocurrency/

Incoming President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bay Area venture capitalist David Sacks as his artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency “czar” and head science and technology adviser brings the region — and the tech industry — into the White House in an unprecedented way, experts say.

“It’s going to be Silicon Valley’s turn,” said Steve Blank, an adjunct professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, and a long-time Valley insider.