Jacob Helberg, a former Palantir Technologies Inc. adviser, plans to serve as secretary of state in the Donald Trump administration to preserve dozens of investments in artificial intelligence, defense and fintech companies.
Among the companies he will keep are OpenAI, Anduril Industries, SpaceX, The Boring Co. and Neuralink, Herberg said in a filing this week. The latter three companies are run by Elon Musk, whose government efficiency has attracted more than a dozen people who share the track with Helberg.
Helberg, 35, was a senior consultant to Palantir CEO Alex Karp and has married Keith Rabois, managing director of Khosla Ventures. Rabois, 56, is a long-term business partner of Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, including a venture capital firm founded by Thiel as a general partner of the Founders Foundation.
The assets hold a limited liability company connected to Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund. Helberg and Khosla Ventures did not immediately respond to emails requesting comments.
“I understand that the responsibility of the Secretary-General’s position may involve specific matters that affect the financial interests of the company in these funds,” Herberg said in his May 5 ethics disclosure.
Herberg reported his assets in a financial disclosure, while Labois had at least $114 million, including stocks, bank accounts and municipal bonds. The nominator values ​​the shares he holds and must also include the assets of his spouse.
Another reminder of the disclosure is the close ties between Silicon Valley and Washington in Trump’s second administration, which include smaller billionaires tracks, tech billionaires who are members of the so-called Paypal mafia.
Dozens of people related to Thiel and Musk were brought to the government. Both, as well as David Sacks, are both founder or early employee of Paypal Holdings Inc.
According to the filing, Helberg’s role as Secretary of State for economic and technologically related issues will focus on international relations, including such as China’s status as a “development country”, promoting relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and inspiring foreign manufacturers to establish in the United States.
With the assistance of Jackie Davalos.
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