Trump announces venture capitalist for ‘AI czar’ role at White House, SEC chair nominee

President-elect Trump continued to fill out his cabinet and other top roles at the White House and federal agencies this week, including venture capitalist David Sacks as the new “AI czar” and Paul Atkins to serve as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sacks leads venture capital firm Craft Ventures which invests in software-as-a-service businesses and publishes playbooks to help early stage founders grow their companies. He was an early executive at PayPal, where he worked as chief operating...