Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and billionaire Jeff Bezos have also announced that they will donate money to Trump’s inauguration.
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Founder of Open AI company Sam Altman to donate a million dollars to the President of the United States Donald Trump’s to the inauguration fund, they say Fox News and The New York Times.
– President Trump is leading our country into the era of artificial intelligence, and I am ready to support his efforts to ensure that the United States remains the leading country in the world, Altman says in a statement obtained by the media.
According to Fox News, Altman plans to make the donation personally, not in the name of the Open AI company.
NYT points out that Altman has recently hired several people in his company who have previously worked in Democratic administrations.
For example, hired by the company Chris Lehane acted as a lawyer Bill Clinton’s period in the White House and Aaron Chatterjee was working Barack Obama’s and Joe Biden in administration.
Billionaires line up behind Trump
In the past, similar donations have been reported by the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and a billionaire Jeff Bezos. Both said they would donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.
Zuckerberg announced of his donation intentions in November after Trump invited Zuckerberg to dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
of The Wall Street Journal according to Bezos, he is scheduled to meet Trump at his mansion next week.
Bezos-owned Amazon is also said to be planning to broadcast Trump’s inauguration on its Prime Video streaming service on January 20.
Donald Trump did not get along with Bezos and other tech company leaders during his first term as president.
Trump among others blamei Bezos-owned The Washington Post for biased reporting.
Facebook again esti After the congressional seizure of Trump’s account on January 6, 2021. Trump later got his Facebook account back.