The Daily13 Tammi 2025

Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump

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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