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January 31, 2025

The Trump cabinet picks who matter for European tech

Key roles in areas like defence and crypto could have big implications for Europe’s startups


Anne Sraders and Tom Matsuda

7 min read

Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s White House return is already changing the shape of the US tech scene. With the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest tech companies on-side, he’s promised a $500bn AI infrastructure project dubbed “Stargate”, backed by the likes of OpenAI and SoftBank, aimed at building data centres across the country and creating thousands of new jobs. 

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Photo of Andreessen Horowitz partner Sriram Krishnan
Former Andreessen Horowitz partner Sriram Krishnan
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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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