President Trump Awards Big Tech Donors National Science Prizes
· Technology · TechCrunch, Times of India
President Trump awarded the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su at the Golden Age of American Innovation Summit on Thursday. Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell and Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella also received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The honoress have collectively donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump and his administration, according to The New Republic. Alphabet and Microsoft contributed to the presidential inauguration fund and White House ballroom, while AMD gave to a pro-Trump Super PAC. Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to fund Trump Accounts, a federal savings program for children. Nadella received his medal just as the administration indefinitely suspended Microsoft from the H-1B skilled foreign worker visa program.
Why it matters
The awards underscore the close financial ties between prominent Silicon Valley executives and the current administration, even as federal policies on high-skilled immigration face abrupt shifts.
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