Zuckerberg, Bezos Among Tech Giants Kowtowing to Trump, But Don’t Be Fooled by Their Friendly Gestures

Big Tech is trying to make nice with President-elect Donald Trump, but that doesn’t mean they’ve changed their minds about him.

National Public Radio reported Friday that several executives have made or plan to make donations to Trump’s inauguration fund.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he will make a $1 million donation after Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Jeff’s Bezos’ Amazon promised the same amount to Trump.

Additionally, Google CEO Sundar Pichai plans to meet with the president-elect in the near future.

NPR spoke to Margaret O’Mara, a Silicon Valley historian at the University of Washington, about these developments.

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