President Donald Trump shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during a roundtable meeting of the US Technology Council at the White House in Washington on June 19, 2017.
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Microsoft She said Thursday she is contributing $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund.
The software maker is now more aligned with its high-value peers in the technology industry. Google She said earlier Thursday that she was donating $1 million to the Trump Fund, and Meta offered the same amount in December. Amazon He was reportedly looking to make a similar contribution.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in December that he would individually contribute $1 million, Axios reported last week. apple CEO Tim Cook will do the same.
elon musk, Tesla The CEO and richest person in the world has been advising Trump as he prepares to return to the White House after the inauguration later this month.
Microsoft also contributed $500,000 to the First Inaugural Fund for Trump's first term and gave the same amount to President Joe Biden's fund, a Microsoft spokesperson told CNBC.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has met with Trump on several occasions, including negotiations regarding the potential acquisition of TikTok in the United States in 2020. Nadella also joined Trump's roundtable of tech executives from around the country in 2017.
Microsoft hopes that the United States under Trump will push artificial intelligence policy in a positive direction.
“The United States needs an intelligent international strategy to quickly support American AI around the world,” Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice president and president, wrote in a blog post last week.
