According to brokerage China, Trump had intensive meetings with Silicon Valley CEOs and hosted a banquet for Apple CEO Tim Cook at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night. According to reports, Cook is the latest in a series of major tech leaders, including OpenAI's Ultraman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon's Bezos, who seek to improve their relationship with the incoming president after their relationship with Trump was unstable during his first term. It is reported that Trump had dinner with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg last month and also met with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday. In addition, Trump also stated that he plans to meet with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos next week.
It is reported that OpenAI CEO Ultraman donated $1 million to the inauguration fund of US President elect Trump, artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity also donated $1 million, Meta recently confirmed that it has donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund, and it is reported that Amazon also plans to donate $1 million to the inauguration fund of US President elect Trump.