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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