Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Stargate, “the most important project for this era” and promised that all of the new investment his company was making would help cure diseases. Altman was actually prompted by Trump to talk about the medical advances that AI would supposedly figure out.

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images.

In many cases, the tech honchos sat in front of Trump’s cabinet nominees and Republican lawmakers, possibly signaling a partnership that could define his second administration.

President Trump is starting his second term with a blitz of executive orders and revoked 78 of former President Biden's policies. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports the latest on Trump's agenda. The Atlantic senior national political correspondent Ashley Parker joins Katy Tur to discuss more.

In one way, Bay Area tech CEOs’ very visible presence at President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday was an almighty flex, a crowning moment for an industry that has remade the economy and society.

President Donald Trump's inauguration was attended by America's biggest tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Jovian Radheshwar, professor of international relations and American politics at Douglas College,