Uber and its CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, contributed $2 million to Donald Trump's inauguration, joining other tech leaders in showing support. Notable figures like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai, and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos have visited Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. TikTok CEO Shou Chew also rushed to meet Trump ahead of a potential ban on the app.
Bezos, Zuckerberg, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly donated $1 million each to Trump’s inaugural fund. Altman expressed his eagerness to support Trump’s vision for the future of AI.
This backing is surprising given Trump's past conflicts with these tech leaders, including his obstruction of a $10 billion Amazon-Pentagon contract in 2020— a decision seen by Amazon as revenge for negative coverage by the Washington Post, owned by Bezos. However, the Pentagon later reinstated Amazon in the contract under the Biden administration.
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