After Meta, Amazon and OpenAI Donate to Trump's Inauguration

Leading US technology companies such as Meta, Amazon and OpenAI plan to sponsor preparations for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The New York Times reported on December 13 that Amazon said it would donate $1 million to a fund responsible for the expenses of Mr. Trump's inauguration, which will take place on January 20, 2025. Previously, Facebook's parent company Meta also announced on December 11 that it would donate the same amount.

On December 13, CEO Sam Altman of OpenAI, the company that created the artificial intelligence (AI) application ChatGPT, said the company will sponsor $1 million for Mr. Trump's inauguration.

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

Mr. Donald Trump appeared at the New York Stock Exchange on December 12.

The relationship between Mr. Trump and Amazon was not very good during his first presidential term, when Mr. Trump claimed that the United States Postal Service (UPS) gave many incentives to Amazon, while the technology company accused the former president of pressuring the Pentagon to refuse a cloud computing contract.

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Things changed this year, when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos repeatedly spoke well of Mr. Trump. The US president-elect also said he would meet Mr. Bezos next week. On November 27, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also had dinner with Mr. Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

In the latest development, Reuters reported on December 13 that Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Mr. Trump that same evening at Mar-a-Lago. Many business leaders met with Mr. Trump after the former US president won the presidential election.

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