David Sacks
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David Sacks is a South African-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist who serves as the White House AI and Crypto Czar in the Trump administration, advising on national policy toward artificial intelligence and digital assets. He began his career as COO of PayPal before founding Yammer, an enterprise social network later acquired by Microsoft, and briefly served as interim CEO of Zenefits. In 2017 he co-founded Craft Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm where he remains a general partner, and he has been an early investor in companies such as Facebook, Uber, SpaceX, Airbnb and Palantir. He is also widely known as a co-host of the All-In podcast alongside Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis and David Friedberg, through which he frequently comments on technology, economic and political issues.
Updated 5 August 2026
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David Sacks: companies should decide pacing to improve safety, not a government-wide slowdown
YouTube · 2 days ago ·
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David Sacks accuses Anthropic whistleblower’s conversation of being a PR stunt
benzinga.com · 3 days ago ·
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David Sacks accuses Anthropic's Dario Amodei of trying to create a "DMV for AI." But plenty of industries thrive despite safety regulation.
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Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
TechCrunch · 1 month ago ·
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China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
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Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and publicly warned that advanced “self-improving” AI could pose existential risk Executive move
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, an open-weight large language model Model release
- David Sacks: companies should decide pacing to improve safety, not a government-wide slowdown
- David Sacks accuses Anthropic whistleblower’s conversation of being a PR stunt
- David Sacks accuses Anthropic's Dario Amodei of trying to create a "DMV for AI." But plenty of industries thrive despite safety regulation.
- Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
- China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
- Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
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