The lawmakers suggested the companies used contributions to “cozy up” to President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to avoid regulatory scrutiny.

OpenAI CEO and co-founder OpenAI clapped back at two Democratic senators’ inquiry into his $1 million personal donation to President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund, quipping on Friday he

The two major tech companies are just the latest to donate to Trump’s inaugural fund — joining Meta, Amazon and the chief executives at OpenAI and Apple.

Google donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump' s inauguration fund, becoming the latest major tech company to try and curry some goodwill with the incoming administration.

Apart from Tim Cook, Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration is receiving substantial backing from a range of high-profile donors.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed Friday that Democratic senators had sent him a letter alleging "he has a clear and direct interest in obtaining favors" from Donald Trump and is using his donations "to cozy up" to the incoming administration to avoid regulatory scrutiny.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back on Senate Democrats questioning his motivations over donating a million dollars to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. Altman was sent a letter accusing him and other Big Tech CEOs of an apparent “effort toinfluence and sway the actions and policies of the incoming administration” from Sens.