Altman's announcement comes after both Meta and Amazon announced plans to contribute $1 million to the inauguration.

The latest trend among business leaders? Cutting a $1 million check to Donald Trump's inauguration fund.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman will join Meta (META) and Amazon (AMZN) in donating seven-figure checks to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, as tech leaders work on improving their relationship with the incoming administration.

The list of U.S. tech leaders showing support for President-elect Donald Trump continues to grow, with Sam Altman planning to donate $1 million to his inaugural fund.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon plan to donate $1 million each to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, according to reports from

Donald Trump's second inauguration offers wealthy donors and big companies one final chance to make nice before Trump returns to power.

Sam Altman and Musk are currently engaged in a bitter, protracted feud over OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company they co-founded in 2015. But they both are bankrolling Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s second inauguration is turning into an unprecedented pay-to-play extravaganza, oozing with opulence for the monied elite attending and funding the once-in-a-lifetime affair.

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has become the latest billionaire to meet Donald Trump at his Florida resort. He was seen entering Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday night on his way to dinner with the president-elect, in video posted on social media.

The president-elect’s inaugural fund donors range from CEOs like Sam Altman and Ken Griffin, to Meta, Amazon, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.

In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.