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Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump

Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump

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Big Tech’s biggest names are throwing their weight behind Donald
J. Trump in the biggest possible way, first as candidate and now
as president-elect.

Erin Griffith, who covers tech companies and Silicon Valley for
The Times, charts the tech billionaire Marc Andreessen’s journey
from top-tier democratic donor to Trump adviser, and explains
what it reveals about the growing MAGA-fication of Silicon
Valley.

Guests: Erin Griffith, who covers tech companies and Silicon
Valley for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s sprint to remake Meta for the Trump
era.

The executives of tech’s biggest companies largely ignored
Mr. Trump before the 2016 election. This time around, they were
far more friendly.

Wealthy donors to the president-elect’s campaign anticipate a
more business-friendly atmosphere, including the firing of
Biden-era regulators.

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