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Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump

The Daily

13-01-2025 • 32 mins

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.

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