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Elon Musk, the richest person in the world who is now firmly in the Trump camp, openly criticized technology investors and Democratic Vinod Khosla as "neurotic" on his X platform last week because of the latter's deep hatred for former President Trump.

Meanwhile, green technology investors who once admired Musk now see him as a traitor for siding with Trump.

It's not just mutual accusations between Musk and investors; there has been an increase in recent accusations among Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs.

Harris supporter and CEO of cloud computing company Box, Aaron Levie, believes that prominent Silicon Valley angel investor David Sacks must be on drugs to choose to support Trump.

Obviously, Silicon Valley is currently brewing an unusual public war of words, with some tech giants launching unprecedented attacks on former friends and colleagues on the eve of the presidential election.

This kind of infighting scene is not common in previous US presidential elections because the technology industry has always leaned left (supporting the Democratic Party). However, in this election, a small influential group of tech industry executives, including Musk, are openly supporting Trump and increasingly expressing a strong desire to change party stances, sparking strong reactions from others who have traditionally remained silent about their political views.

Political differences are even causing commercial relationships to "deteriorate" and testing the relationships between former "old friends".

Extremely unusual.

Sam Singer, a public relations expert who previously helped Democratic politicians with their campaigns, said, "Silicon Valley is very tense right now because two opposing camps are doing business together. This is an unusual situation."

With Kamala Harris replacing Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate this summer, some Democratic supporters have been inspired. Just a few weeks ago, the vice president attended a fundraising event in San Francisco co-hosted by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, raising over 13 million dollars. Harris's supporters in the technology industry say that her speech at the Democratic National Convention brought unexpected gains for them.

Harris discussed the importance of providing opportunities and funding for small business owners, as well as opportunities and funding for founders and entrepreneurs. She also emphasized the importance of innovation and the need to lead in areas such as artificial intelligence. Her supporters believe that this means she will support tech-friendly policies.

However, executives in the industry who support Trump are skeptical of this. Some are trying to promote independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy's support for Trump.

When Sax posted a photo on Twitter of Robert Kennedy shaking hands with Trump, he captioned it "The Dream Team."

Trump's tech supporters are concerned that Harris will raise taxes on the wealthy and impose regulatory obstacles on emerging industries like cryptocurrencies. They also claim that Trump will end the strengthened scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions during the Biden presidency.

Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer who previously represented Trump and a female member of the Republican National Committee in California, said, "We see tension between Silicon Valley billionaires, and in my memory, this is the first time this has happened during an election cycle."

Close friends become enemies.

Such political divisions have even affected friendships between some Silicon Valley executives and investors.

Climate technology investor Josh Felser wrote in a LinkedIn article in August, 'I am curious about how I will feel when I discover more friends or colleagues joining the Trump camp. Our relationships may change forever, and I doubt history will treat them well.'

Some female tech workers have formed organizations like Tech4Kamala, VCs for Kamala, and Founders for Kamala to mobilize support for Harris. Tech4Kamala co-founder Edda Collins Coleman said, 'We are witnessing unprecedented polarization.'

Similar tense relationships have been ongoing for a long time. In mid-August, Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, strongly criticized former Sequoia Capital chairman Michael Moritz.

Horowitz, who was a Democratic donor, has now become a supporter of Trump. He accused Moritz of orchestrating an article questioning why he and his wife changed their stance. Moritz has always been on the Democratic side.

'Moritz is now having his 'newspaper' of lies fabricate attacks against his business competitors - my article,' Horowitz wrote on X, 'and he also attacked my wife.'

It is reported that an article Moritz commissioned detailed the political donations of the Horowitz couple and described their shift from Democrats to Republicans as a mystery.

Former LinkedIn co-founder Hoffman, who once worked at PayPal, and "Silicon Valley Godfather" Peter Thiel are now estranged. Hoffman said at a conference last week that because of Thiel's political views, they no longer talk to each other.

Apparently, as the atmosphere within the Silicon Valley community becomes more tense due to political stances, some tech executives are now hoping to end all public quarrels. Mark Pincus, co-founder of the video game company Zynga, said he will not support any candidate in this election.

He wrote on LinkedIn, "People believe deeply that their side is just, so they morally judge the other side. But in reality, they are all lost."

Editor/rice