On November 15, the New York Times reported that leaders of the U.S. technology industry are recommending their allies to Elon Musk and other aides around Trump, hoping to put a "Silicon Valley stamp" on the new administration.

Let a former Uber executive lead the U.S. Department of Transportation, let a former senior aide to Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel serve as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and let a group of other technology executives join Musk's U.S. Government Efficiency Department. This is Silicon Valley

Over the past week, some technology leaders have privately coordinated efforts to try to place some of their allies in the new administration and leave a distinct Silicon Valley imprint on Trump's cabinet. At present, the Trump team is also willing to accept recommendations from the outside world for cabinet members. Key figure: Musk

Their lobbying efforts have focused on Musk, who is technically not on Trump's transition committee but is a member of the new administration. U.S. Vice President-elect Cyrus Vance is a formal member of the transition committee and a former venture capitalist with deep ties to Silicon Valley.

Musk's friend, investor and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale spent more than a day at Mar-a-Lago this week helping Musk with his transition, according to three people familiar with Musk's activities. Lonsdale told the Trump transition team that he was not interested in a full-time government job, but he and other longtime tech friends of Musk helped introduce candidates and resumes to Musk.

Also at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday was Palmer Luckey, co-founder of defense technology startup Anduril, whom Musk encouraged to help the Trump administration.

Arrangement of candidates for Minister of Transport and Minister of Health

To get their own person to lead the Transportation Department, tech leaders have recommended Emil Michael, who was the No. 2 in the early days of ride-hailing app Uber. Several Silicon Valley executives close to Michael have recommended him to Trump transition officials in recent days, five people familiar with the matter said. The conversations are at an early stage, and others are on the short list.Silicon Valley wants Michael to lead the Department of Transportation Michael is no stranger to Washington. During the Obama administration, he was a White House scholar from 2009 to 2011 and served as a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. He also worked at technology companies such as TellMe Networks and Klout. In 2016, the transition team of Trump's first presidential term considered Michael for the position of Secretary of Transportation.

It was revealed that technology executives and investors tried to persuade Trump to choose Jim O'Neill to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, but Trump ultimately chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday.

O'Neill worked at the department during President George W. Bush's administration and later worked with Thiel to help establish the Thiel Fellowship in 2010 to encourage young people to start businesses instead of attending college. In 2016, O'Neill was one of the finalists for the FDA commissioner during Trump's first term. This time, O'Neill's name was recommended to Musk and Vance. He is expected to go to Mar-a-Lago in the coming days.

Relationship AI, cryptocurrency

“The new administration will make important decisions about the rules (or lack of rules) that shape the future of critical technologies like artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency,” Adam Sterling, the associate dean who oversees the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, said in an interview. “It’s reasonable for tech and venture capital industry leaders to want to lead or play a key role in those decisions.”

Some tech industry leaders privately said they found the opportunity to join the government so attractive that they were willing to quit. But others were reluctant to accept full-time government jobs in case they had to divest assets or leave their companies. Some tech company executives rushed to recommend their own people to Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, but a job posting sent out by the U.S. Government Efficiency Department on Thursday showed that the job was not easy and required more than 80 hours of work per week.

Allaire, CEO of cryptocurrency company CircleTech leaders are also eager to join the Presidential Advisory Council on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency. Trump has promised to create the council to develop new regulations for the industry. Cryptocurrency industry executives are competing to recommend themselves and calling friends and colleagues who have ties to Trump and his allies. Jeremy Allaire, CEO of cryptocurrency company Circle, said in an interview that he is interested in joining the council. Two other executives who requested anonymity to describe their career development plans said they were also actively seeking to join the council. One of them said he was "harassing everyone I know in Trump's circle."#BabyMarvinf9c7值得拥🈶