According to the Financial Associated Press on December 13 (Editor Shi Zhengcheng), following Zuckerberg and Bezos, AI star company OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has also joined the ranks of those donating to Trump's inauguration Fund.

Interestingly, his donation amount is also 1 million USD. Unlike campaign contributions, there are no upper limits on donations to the USA presidential inaugural committee, but these technology billionaires, who generally have a distant relationship with Trump, are all donating 1 million USD, suggesting that there might be some tacit understanding behind this.

It is reported that Altman plans to donate 1 million USD to President Trump's inaugural committee in his personal capacity, rather than on behalf of OpenAI.

In response to an interview with Fox Business News, Altman stated in writing, "President Trump will lead our country into the AI era, and I am eager to support his efforts."

This statement is almost equivalent to saying, "I want to establish a good relationship with the American president who will take office next month," and since such donations must be made public, the world is watching these technology billionaires "hastily donating money" to show support for Trump.

Earlier this month, in a media interview, Altman had already expressed his eagerness to "collaborate with Trump."

In a television program, he stated, "AI is somewhat different from other types of Software because it requires a significant amount of infrastructure, Energy, computer chips, and Datacenters. We need to build these here, and we need to have the best AI infrastructure in the world to achieve a lead. I believe President-elect Trump will do well in this regard."

Oltman further stated: "I look forward to cooperating with the Trump administration in this regard, which seems very important to us, and now appears to be an exceptionally significant moment in the history of technology."

The latest efforts to repair relations.

In recent days, the US media has revealed that Meta Group founder Zuckerberg and the world's second richest person Bezos donated money to Trump's inauguration committee. Both of them donated under their respective company names, and Meta and Amazon officially confirmed the related reports.

In addition to direct donations, Amazon will also make a physical donation valued at 1 million dollars by live-streaming the inauguration ceremony on the company's video platform. Previously, the Washington Post, controlled by Bezos,rarely announced before the election that it would not endorse any candidates, changing the paper's lean towards the Democratic Party.

Katie Harbath, who served as the head of public policy for the company for nearly 10 years during the Facebook era, interpreted to the media that the change in political winds after the election is a bit crazy, but not surprising. Since 2016, similar actions have faced more scrutiny, so many companies have retreated. However, now, this has become a requirement for doing business in the USA.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee is responsible for paying all costs associated with the swearing-in ceremony, including the ceremony, parade, gala, and ball taking place on January 20 of next year. All donations must be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission within 90 days after the inauguration.

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