The Tech Insiders Who Could Join Trump’s Orbit

The list of venture capitalists and Silicon Valley insiders joining the next presidential administration is growing. Just this week, President-elect Donald Trump named Jacob Helberg, an adviser to Palantir Technologies and husband to Keith Rabois, a Khosla Ventures managing director, as a top economic policy and trade official. Helberg follows Craft Ventures co-founder David Sacks and, of course, Elon Musk to roles in the new administration. 

My bet is that we’re not done. People close to some of Trump’s current advisers point to a number of venture capitalists and founders who could serve advisory roles, largely because they already have ties to Washington or Trump. As with Sacks and Musk, these roles may not be full time and they could be more limited in scope—say, acting as advisers on particular policies like defense, artificial intelligence or crypto. Some are involved in the transition or helping interview candidates, stints that could wind down in January.