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 Sam Altman clapped back at two Democratic senators’ inquiry into his $1 million personal donation to President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund, quipping Friday

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.

United Airlines stated on Friday January 17th that the company will donate $1 Million to soon to be President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. United Airlines CEO, Scott Kirby, plans on attending multiple events regarding Donald Trump being put into office over the holiday weekend.

Google donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund. Other major tech companies and executives like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Meta both announced $1 mill

In a follow-up post, Altman wrote, “It was a personal contribution as you state; i am confused about the questions given that my company did not make a decision.”

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.