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Uber and Tech Giants Make $1 Million Donations to Trump’s Inaugural Fund

Uber, Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI join corporate donors supporting President-elect Trump’s second inauguration, signaling efforts to strengthen ties with the incoming administration.

  • Uber Technologies and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi each donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, marking Khosrowshahi’s largest political contribution to date.
  • Other major tech companies, including Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have also pledged $1 million donations to Trump’s inaugural fund.
  • The donations highlight a trend of tech companies seeking to build favorable relationships with the incoming administration, despite historically strained ties in some cases.
  • Inaugural fund donations often come with perks for top contributors, and Trump has been meeting with several tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai, since his election win.
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping was invited to Trump’s inauguration, which would have marked the first foreign leader attendance in nearly 150 years, but he reportedly declined.
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