Sam Altman is joining a growing list of tech companies looking to improve their relationship with the Trump 2.0 administration, an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the news on December 13.

A day earlier, Meta – the parent company of Facebook and Instagram – said it would donate $1 million to the fund. Amazon also made a similar move.

“President Trump will lead our country into the AI ​​era, and I look forward to supporting his efforts to ensure America remains a leader,” Altman said.

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Open CEO Sam Altman is working to improve relations with President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Bloomberg

Altman, who is in a legal dispute with billionaire Elon Musk, said he is “not worried” about the Tesla CEO’s influence in the incoming administration.

Mr. Trump is putting Musk, the world’s richest man, and Vivek Ramaswamy, a businessman and former Republican presidential candidate, in charge of the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

It is an outside government advisory panel with the goal of cutting spending and regulations.

Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, sued the artificial intelligence startup earlier this year, accusing the maker of ChatGPT of betraying its original goal of providing public benefit rather than pursuing profit.

Musk recently escalated the lawsuit by asking a federal judge to block OpenAI's plans to turn into a for-profit business.

(According to Fortune)