Tech’s shift to Trump: all the companies and execs kissing the ring

Elon Musk put outspoken support and an estimated $250 million of his own money behind getting Donald Trump re-elected as the 47th US president. It didn’t take long for other tech leaders to start schmoozing once the election was over. Multiple Silicon Valley figures and companies have now each donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, with Musk, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai, and TikTok CEO Shou Chew all reportedly lined up to attend the event.

Companies like Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Google stand to gain if the Trump administration is lenient with regulation and antitrust enforcement. Many tech leaders, including Zuckerberg, Pichai, Bezos, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, have already made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to discuss (and potentially influence) tech policies with Trump directly.