From New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.

This is the Daily.

Big Tech's biggest names are throwing their weight behind Donald Trump in the biggest possible way,

first as candidate and now as president-elect.

Today, business reporter Aaron Griffith on what one tech billionaire's journey from top-tier

Democratic donor to Trump advisor reveals about the growing mogification of Silicon Valley.

It's Monday, January 13th.

Aaron, welcome back.

Thanks for having me.

You have been covering startups and Silicon Valley for a long time.

And you know as well as anyone that by reputation, Silicon Valley is seen as a liberal bastion, a place where progressive thinking is nursed and promoted.

But over the past year, especially during the presidential campaign, it really did feel like Silicon Valley's conservative self began to emerge.

Absolutely. And it's true that Silicon Valley has historically been very liberal, and there were

plenty of very well-known investors and founders who backed President Biden's campaign and then

Vice President Harris. But the thing that was

different this time around was that some of the most prominent and influential people in the

tech industry came out in support of Donald Trump. And this includes big name venture capitalists,

like David Sachs. This includes Elon Musk. And this includes a lot of

other people that are very famous in the tech industry, but maybe not household names across the

country. And that has a little bit of a trickle-down effect where in the past, it may have been

taboo or absolutely impossible to say that you supported Trump or even that you are a Republican now.

It's kind of a lot more common.

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