Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American know-how govt, is “helping out” Twitter’s new proprietor Elon Musk as he revamps the social media big following its acquisition by the billionaire entrepreneur.

Krishnan is a normal associate at Silicon Valley enterprise capital agency Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

“Now that the word is out: I’m helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people. I (and a16z) believe this is a hugely important company and can have a great impact on the world and Elon is the person to make it happen,” Krishnan tweeted.

Krishnan added that he’s “still very much in my day job” at @a16zcrypto. “If you’re a crypto founder, you know how to find me!.” According to his profile on Andreessen Horowitz’s web site, Krishnan invests in early-stage shopper startups and serves on the boards of corporations Bitski, Hopin, and Polywork.

Prior to becoming a member of a16z, Chennai-born Krishnan held quite a few senior product roles and most not too long ago, he “led core consumer teams at Twitter where he was responsible for products including the home timeline, new user experience, search, discovery, and audience growth”, his profile stated.

Previously, he created and oversaw numerous cellular advert merchandise for Snap and Facebook, together with Snap’s Direct Response advertisements enterprise and the Facebook Audience Network, one of many largest networks in show promoting, his profile stated.

Krishnan began his profession at Microsoft the place he touched quite a few tasks associated to Windows Azure.

Author of “Programming Windows Azure” printed by O’Reilly, he additionally co-hosts along with his spouse Aarthi Ramamurthy ‘The Good Time Show’ on Clubhouse, a nightly present by which they interview innovators round tech and tradition.

He is an alumnus of SRM Engineering College, Anna University the place he did his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Information Technology, in response to his LinkedIn profile.

Last week, Musk accomplished the $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,63,090 crore) acquisition of Twitter and ousted chief govt Parag Agrawal, authorized govt Vijaya Gadde, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean Edgett.

Musk, in response to experiences, plans to rethink the corporate’s content material moderation insurance policies and everlasting bans for customers who beforehand violated the platform’s insurance policies, together with former President Donald Trump, though he stated over the weekend that no main selections have been made but. He is also reported to be planning massive layoffs on the firm.

Musk has stated the method of gaining a prestigious “blue tick” shall be revised. Reports stated the agency may begin charging $20 (roughly Rs. 1,650) per thirty days to be verified.

Many of Twitter’s most distinguished verified customers stated they would depart if it tried to implement the plan.

Stephen King, an American creator, tweeted: “$20 (roughly Rs. 1,650) a month to keep my blue check? F– that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.” Hours later, Musk replied to King: “We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?” A blue tick is currently free and a way of signalling an account is authentic.

While there has been no official confirmation of the plan, on Monday Musk appeared to acknowledge the speculation in a new tweet which said: “On no, all our diabolical plans have been revealed!!” In a separate development, Musk has denied a New York Times report that he plans to lay off Twitter workers before the start of next month to avoid having to make payouts.

The New York Times reported that Musk had ordered major job cuts across Twitter’s workforce.

Citing people with knowledge of the situation, the report said that some managers were being asked to “draw up lists of workers to chop.” The newspaper stated the layoffs would happen earlier than November 1, when employees have been as a result of obtain grants of shares within the firm as a significant a part of their pay offers.

But replying to a Twitter consumer asking concerning the report, he stated: “This is false.” The takeover has prompted dialogue amongst Twitter customers over what the platform will seem like below Musk’s possession, the BBC stated.

Some have voiced considerations that extra lenient free speech insurance policies would imply individuals banned for hate speech or disinformation could also be allowed again to the platform.