Tech billionaires Zuckerberg, Bezos and Altman help bankroll Trump's inauguration. What to know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Here are the tech executives and companies that have donated to Trump's inauguration:Altman said in a statement that "President Trump will lead our country into the age of AI" and Altman was "eager to support his efforts to ensure America stays ahead.
61% : He met with Trump over dinner at his private Mar-a-Lago club and gifted him a pair of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, according to the Journal.
50% : Amazon Web Services and its space company, Blue Origin, which competes with SpaceX, has contracts with the federal government and has been striking a more friendly tone with Trump, according to a report from the Washington Post.
46% : While tech companies have given to previous presidential inaugurations, the donations come as Trump and Republicans look at reshaping policies that impact social media, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence and more.
44% : "Bezos is also trying to win over Trump and plans to meet the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago club next week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
43% : Trump has sparred with Amazon in the past, falsely accusing the Bezos-owned Washington Post of being a lobbyist for the tech giant.
43% : At the New York Times' DealBook Summit, Bezos appeared optimistic about the new administration and noted that Trump "seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation.
40% : At the New York Times DealBook Summit this year, Altman didn't appear too worried about Musk's strong ties to Trump.
39% : Altman has also sparred with Musk, a vocal supporter of Trump who spent at least $200 million to back the former president's 2024 campaign and is looking at ways to slash government spending, over AI safety concerns.
34% : Zuckerberg, who expressed concerns about Trump's immigration policies during his first presidency, has been strengthening ties with Trump.
21% : Trump has said he plans to reverse President Biden's 2023 executive order on AI, which aimed to address some of the safety concerns surrounding AI, and analysts anticipate Trump could make a big push for AI innovation.
17% : After an attempted assassination of Trump in July, Zuckerberg told Bloomberg in an interview that Trump's reaction of raising his fist in the air was "one of the most badass things I've ever seen in my life.
14% : Trump has criticized Big Tech in the past, accusing some of the world's largest online platforms such as Meta and Google of censoring conservative speech.
13% : Trump also accused Amazon of a "post office scam.

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