Kamala Harris, in turn, gets support from tech giants.

In the United States, several tech figures, including Elon Musk, head of the social network X, have decided to contribute financially to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Among other things, they want the former Republican president to favor the cryptocurrency sector. Since the beginning of August, Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, has also received support from the tech world.

In a letter dated August 9, 1,200 tech employees lent their support. The financial world also publicly pledged to vote for her. Big names like Laurence Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs’ widow, and Jony Ive, Apple’s great design guru, have backed her financially.

This support from the tech world, known for its left-leaning leanings, is not too surprising. Originally from Oakland, which is in the San Francisco Bay Area and therefore Silicon Valley, the former California senator knows the sector well enough to grow politically. In 2010, speaking at Google’s headquarters, she said: “You are my family”As vice president starting in 2021, she has also addressed the issue of artificial intelligence directly, meeting in particular with the heads of OpenAI and Microsoft.

After all, Kamala Harris hasn’t always been so kind to the tech giants. The Biden administration, for example, has increased calls for better regulation of the sector, without shaking it up. And with these various initiatives, the Silicon Valley giants also want to remind people that dissenting voices—most notably Elon Musk’s—are currently in the minority.