What Trump 2.0 Means for Silicon Valley

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump had a rocky relationship with Silicon Valley during his 2016 presidential campaign, and he clashed with Big Tech during his first term. This time around, he had the support of some high profile tech leaders, including Elon Musk. Dramatic changes have also come to Silicon Valley, which has been shaken up by the emergence of artificial intelligence. While there is growing concern over AI’s potential impact on society, Trump is expected to take a hands-off approach to regulation. The same might be true with antitrust enforcement against tech companies, which the Biden administration has prioritized. We’ll look at how Trump’s second term is likely to impact the tech industry from AI to social media to cryptocurrency. Guests: Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley correspondent, The Washington Post Kelsey Piper, senior writer, Vox's Future Perfect newsletter Jeremy Owens, technology editor and San Francisco bureau chief, MarketWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.1	President Donald Trump 1.0 clashed with Silicon Valley, but this time around, he's openly
1:26.4	embracing AI, crypto, and even electric vehicles,
1:30.5	thanks in large part to his new tech bro-in-chief, Elon Musk.
1:34.6	Many coastal California billionaires who backed Kamala Harris are backpedaling now,
1:40.3	and trying to game out the next four years.
1:42.4	It's expected this Trump administration will go easy
1:45.9	on corporate regulation and legislation, but require Silicon Valley's most powerful to kiss the ring,
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