FTC Chair Lina Khan looks for allies and leads in Silicon Valley charm offensive
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on"Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission," on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File PhotoSAN FRANCISCO - Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan found some cozy company over the course of a two-day trip through Silicon Valley this week as she looked to reverse her reputation for being a scourge of Big Tech.
"I think it's really important for D.C. to begin engaging directly with the founders with startups, and getting a better sense of what are the risks you see," Kahn said at startup accelerator Y Combinator on Friday. Surrounded by tech workers and VC investors in San Francisco, Khan reiterated her focus on artificial intelligence, an area her agency has been tasked with looking into by President Joe Biden's executive order this week.
At a Mission District cafe on Thursday where about half the room raised their hands to identify as workers for Big Tech companies, Khan was greeted with applause and scattered cheers for a fireside chat.) said he “was a big fan, even at Meta, of what you did to my boss." It was an apparent reference to the agency’s suit attempting to block the company’s acquisition of Within Limited, an AI startup.
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