David Sacks has concluded his 130-day stint as the White House’s special crypto and AI adviser and will continue influencing technology policy as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Appointed in December 2024, Sacks filled a role limited by rules that cap special government employees at 130 days of service in a 12‑month period; he said that time has now been used up but that his work will continue in a broader advisory capacity.
As co-chair of PCAST, Sacks will keep engaging on crypto and AI while collaborating with other council members to study issues and issue recommendations to regulators. During his time as crypto and AI czar he helped produce a 166‑page report from the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets in July outlining regulatory recommendations for the crypto industry, contributed to an AI framework released on March 20 aimed at promoting innovation while protecting children and intellectual property, and played a part in advancing the stablecoin‑focused GENIUS Act. He is also continuing to advocate for market‑structure legislation such as the CLARITY Act.
A White House adviser quoted by Fox Business said Sacks will retain his czar responsibilities even as his new role expands the portfolio of tech issues he can advise on: he will remain the administration’s go‑to on crypto and AI while weighing in across a wider set of priorities.
PCAST will include 13 leaders from across AI, crypto, health care and quantum computing. Notable members named alongside Sacks include Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, AMD’s Lisa Su, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Marc Andreessen of a16z and Michael Dell. Fred Ehrsam, co‑founder of Coinbase and later crypto VC Paradigm, is the only clearly crypto‑native member on the roster.
Sacks has emphasized that a primary PCAST goal is harmonizing AI policy across federal and state governments to avoid a patchwork of 50 different regulatory regimes that can hamper innovators. He said the administration is pursuing a single, aligned rulebook so companies face clearer, more consistent requirements.
Sacks’s move to PCAST signals a continuity of influence: though his special‑employee term ended, he will remain a central voice shaping the administration’s technology agenda.