Microsoft contributes $1 million to Trump’s settingup capitaltreasury

Microsoft mentioned Thursday that it’s contributing $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s settingup capitaltreasury.

The tool maker is now extra carefully aligned with its extremely valued friends within the generation trade. Google mentioned previous Thursday that it’s donating $1 million to the Trump capitaltreasury, and Meta presented the same amount in December. Amazon was once reportedly having a look to form a alike contribution.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mentioned in December that he would give a contribution $1 million personally, and Axios reported ultimate age that Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner will do the similar.

Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and the arena’s richest particular person, has been advising Trump as he prepares to go back to the White Space following the settingup after this date.

Microsoft additionally contributed $500,000 to the primary settingup capitaltreasury for Trump’s first time period and gave an identical quantity to President Joe Biden’s capitaltreasury, a Microsoft spokesperson instructed CNBC.

Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, has met with Trump on more than one events, together with over negotiations condition a conceivable acquisition of TikTok within the U.S. in 2020. Nadella additionally joined a Trump roundtable of generation executives from across the nation in 2017.

Microsoft is hoping that below Trump, the U.S. will push synthetic prudence coverage in a positive route.

“The United States needs a smart international strategy to rapidly support American AI around the world,” Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president, wrote in a weblog put up ultimate age.