Silicon Valley protested Trump in 2016. Now it wants to work with him.
Donald Trump’s first White House win triggered public outcry from tech executives and employees but this week, industry leaders were friendlier.
As votes flooded in for Donald Trump, Silicon Valley leaders grew anxious. “Tonight we cry, we despair, and we fear. Tomorrow we get back to work trying to build the world we want,” OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman wrote on Twitter. “We have to admit that we are hugely disconnected with our nation,” Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted. “I don’t like it but have to recognize this issue.”
Khosrowshahi, who moved to become CEO of Uber in 2017, hailed Trump’s “resounding victory” in a post Wednesday on X, as Twitter is now called. “We stand ready to work with you and your administration,” he said. “Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who also criticized Trump in 2016 and owns The Washington Post, wrote on X.
Altman also changed his tune: “congrats to President Trump. i wish for his huge success in the job,” he tapped out on X. OpenAI declined to comment. Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Niezwykle interesujące jest jak wielu oligarchów z doliny krzemowej zmieniło swoje podejście do Trumpa. Elon Musk to najbardziej znany przypadek tego, ale pozostali również wydają się bardziej pozytywnie nastawieni do rządów przyszłego prezydenta. To dość specyficzna sytuacja w porównaniu do tego co się działo w 2016. Ciekawi mnie na ile to zasługa tego, że Musk ma być w administracji, a wiceprezydentem ma zostać J.D. Vance, który był protegowanym Petera Thiela i też wywodzi się z doliny krzemowej.
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