Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai will attend Donald Trump's inauguration.That's not a shock — everyone else in tech is going, and Google/Alphabet already announced it was donating $1 million to the event.It's most definitely a sign of the times.

Since the ABC is in the process of presenting its talent for 2025, it’s an appropriate time to reassess its “expert” commentators on the US as America enters the second presidency of Donald J. Trump.

Big Tech leaders are again in the spotlight for their substantial financial support of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Mark Cuban has offered his take, explaining on X competitor Bluesky why tech giants like Jeff Bezos,

Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Jensen Huang are names of some of the top industry leaders who have flocked to US President-elect Donald Trump. One of the prime reasons might be the proposed legislation that could land on Trumps desk during his next term in the White House.

Incoming presidents do not generally want to be seen as rewarding the hyper-wealthy with special political perks. Team Trump apparently doesn’t much care.

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Some of the nation's most prominent technology industry CEOs are planning to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Some industry observers told ABC News that the ostensible softening toward Trump by big-tech corporations reflects a new business landscape that is both heavily influenced by the president-elect and increasingly defined by the development of energy-intensive artificial intelligence products.

Several top tech leaders are making amends and even donating to his inauguration fund. This shift in dynamics is largely driven by the tech industry's desire to influence policy decisions and avoid regulatory backlash.

FOX Business' Stuart Varney celebrated his 15th anniversary by disucssing the rise of American tech companies Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google Facebook, Nvidia and Tesla.

This story has been updated to reflect swearing-in ceremony has been moved indoors. WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday at the U.