Google Donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s Employment Fund,become The latest big tech companies Trying to gain some goodwill with the incoming administration.

Karan Bhatia, Google’s head of global government affairs and public policy, told CNBC: “Google is excited to support the 2025 Inauguration with a live broadcast on YouTube and a direct link from our homepage . We will also make a donation to the inaugural committee.”

The company made the donation Monday. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Yuan Both companies announced late last year donations of $1 million to the inaugural fund, and Amazon and apple CEO Tim Cook also reportedly contributed.

When a candidate wins a U.S. presidential election, they appoint an inaugural committee to organize and fund inaugural events such as opening ceremonies, galas, and parades. Unlike direct contributions to a candidate’s campaign, there is no limit on the amount an individual, corporation or labor group can contribute to an inaugural committee.

A spokesperson said Google has donated to inaugurations in the past and the inauguration links on the YouTube livestream and Google homepage are consistent with previous inaugurations.

Trump has had a rocky relationship with major tech companies for years and did not shy away from criticism of the industry after the election. He said late last year that he would not rule out antitrust enforcement, which has been a particular sore spot for Google.

U.S. federal judge august rule The company has an illegal monopoly on search and text advertising. Debate over Google’s second antitrust case advertising business It closed in November, but a verdict has not yet been announced.

“Big Tech has been working like crazy for years to stifle competition in our most innovative industries, and they have been known to use their market power to suppress the rights of many Americans as well as small tech companies!” Trump on December 4 wrote in a post truth society.

Former Alphabet president Sergey Brin and Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with Trump after the election, with Pichai publicly congratulating the president-elect on his “decisive victory” in the election victory”. a post on X.

Tech CEOs have taken major steps to publicly express their support for Trump and mend ties with the incoming president.

Meta announced Tuesday radical change Its cross-platform approach to content moderation. The company scrapped its third-party fact-checking program in favor of a “community annotation” model like its existing one Elon Muskof X.

In addition, Meta is removing restrictions on topics such as immigration and gender, and has implemented a new approach to policy enforcement that focuses on illegal and highly serious offenses. This means fewer posts containing misinformation will be suppressed or removed.

Trump praised Mehta’s changes at a press conference on Tuesday. Asked whether he believed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had “directly responded to the threats you’ve made against him in the past,” Trump responded: “Maybe.”

—CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger contributed to this report