In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Uber, the lawmakers express concerns about the companies making contributions to “avoid scrutiny, limit regulation, and buy favor.” These sizable donations surpass the amount most of these companies contributed to President Joe Biden’s inauguration fund in 2021.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is attending Donald Trump's inauguration, a source familiar with the matter tells BI. He joins a list of Big Tech leaders.

Meta, Apple, Google and other tech companies have been named in a letter penned by Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of cozying up to President-elect Trump.

Tech leaders are shifting to Trump, but for some of them it comes after a rocky relationship during the president-elect’s previous administration. View on euronews

The news comes as a law banning TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is set to go into effect on Jan. 19.

"I had a chance to go have a long and actually quite intriguing dinner with him," Gates told The Wall Street Journal.

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple

Search giant has joined the host of tech tycoons pledging financial support to the president-elect's inauguration fund.

It is unclear if Mr. Trump, who has previously said he will spare the social media platform, will or can stop the ban.

Several important personalities including tech giants, celebrities, and political leaders are set to attend Trump’s second inauguration. Tech giants including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be attending the presidential inauguration on Monday.

President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration is just two days away, and excitement is building in Washington, D.C., to welcome the 47th president of the United States.