David Sacks, the PayPal Mafia alum turned Trump whisperer on tech, just wrapped his whirlwind 130-day stint as White House AI and crypto czar, spilling the tea to Bloomberg Television on Thursday that his special government employee clock had run out. No dramatic exit, just federal rules kicking in, but insiders whisper the administration has no plans for a replacement, per Axios and TechCrunch reports. Instead, Sacks is leveling up as co-chair of the freshly revived Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST, a move President Trump announced via executive order and White House release on March 26. Fox Business hailed it as expanding Sacks AI and crypto empire into semiconductors, quantum computing, nuclear power, and more, while he keeps a direct line to the Oval on policy.
Picture this star-studded lineup: Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle's Larry Ellison, Andreessen Horowitz Marc Andreessen, and a dozen other tech titans like AMD's Lisa Su and Oklo's Jacob DeWitte, with Sacks co-chairing alongside White House OSTP director Michael Kratsios, as detailed in the official White House announcement and AIP.org coverage. Sacks himself told Bloomberg hell push Trumps national AI framework, unveiled just last week to ditch messy state regs and supercharge U.S. innovation. On crypto, his legacy shines with the GENIUS Act stablecoin law and that Strategic Bitcoin Reserve order from March 2025, though community buzz on MEXC and Crowdfund Insider is mixedsome cheer the wins, others gripe the U.S. Bitcoin Reserve faded quietly, with Polymarket odds under 30 percent for revival by 2027.
No fresh public appearances or social media splashes in the last 48 hours, but this PCAST pivot cements Sacks as a biographical powerhouse, bridging Silicon Valley cash to D.C. power plays with long-term ripple effects on Americas tech supremacy. All verified from major outlets like Fox Business, Axios, TechCrunch, and White House statements; nothing speculative here.
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