Amazon donates $1m to Trump’s inaugural fund as tech cozies up to president-elect

OpenAI’s Sam Altman also announced a $1m personal donation to Trump on the same day, joining Meta

Amazon is the latest tech giant to donate to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund.

The company plans to give $1m to the fund, first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Amazon follows Meta, Facebook’s parent company, also handing over $1m to Trump’s inaugural committee. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Friday that he, too, would make a personal donation of $1m, first reported by Fox News.

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