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David Sacks Biography Flash: Trump's AI Czar Faces Ethics Probe While Launching Elite GOP Club

David Sacks Biography Flash: Trump's AI Czar Faces Ethics Probe While Launching Elite GOP Club

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David Sacks Biography Flash a weekly Biography.

David Sacks has been at the center of tech, politics, and controversy over the past week, and the quiet whispers and headline stories around him are anything but dull. Sacks, who rose from the ranks of the PayPal Mafia to his current role as President Donald Trump’s special AI and crypto czar, has been under mounting scrutiny as Democrats launched an ethics investigation into whether he exceeded the 130-day annual limit for special government employees. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Melanie Stansbury demanded answers from Sacks about his time spent regulating industries he is deeply invested in, raising questions about financial waivers granted to allow his ongoing ties to Craft Ventures, where he’s divested over $200 million but still maintains a significant interest according to NextGov and TechCrunch.

Amid the investigation, Sacks remains a visible public figure, balancing government service with high-profile business and social activities. He’s known for keeping a foot in both Silicon Valley and D.C., returning to Craft Ventures after his government stint and splitting weeks to comply with his term limit. His deepening role inside Trump’s network is marked by the recent founding of Executive Branch, a members-only private club in Georgetown, targeting Trump-aligned Republicans for a cool $500,000 a founding member—a move revealed during an anti-White House Correspondents’ dinner bash attended by power brokers including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and other luminaries as reported by The Standard.

On the media front, Sacks landed on Fox News discussing the impact of Trump’s latest Middle East peace deal, while a headline CNBC interview covered his stewardship of the White House’s AI action plan, where he emphasized U.S. strategic dominance over China in global AI competition. In a Bloomberg interview, Sacks called himself a “China hawk,” positioning the administration’s tech policy in a way that ruffled feathers at Nvidia. CEO Jensen Huang notably declared the “China hawk” label as a badge of shame, not honor, criticizing hawkish trade and tech stances—a feud that played out across both mainstream media and niche tech podcasts.

On social media, Sacks stirred debate after slamming Wikipedia as “hopelessly biased,” prompting Elon Musk to tease the launch of Grokipedia, an AI-powered competitor, in direct response to Sacks’s post. Tech insiders like Northeastern’s Joseph Reagle remain skeptical that any Musk-Sacks alternative could realistically threaten Wikipedia’s dominance, but Sacks’s vocal support for disruption keeps the spotlight burning. His presence in rapidly shifting AI and crypto sectors, together with his government and venture capital gig, means every day brings new twists—some with real long-term impact for his biography.

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