By merging with the U.S. arm of TikTok, Perplexity could emerge as a stronger search rival to Alphabet, a potential blow to Google stock.

Cabinet members, governors, and long-serving public servants are positioned in rows behind the tech billionaires, with only family seated ahead of them.

Some of the tech industry’s biggest names were present at Trump’s inauguration. Among the attendees were Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.

Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai, and businessman Elon Musk, attend the inauguration ceremony of ...

Sánchez, who wore a white blazer and lace bralette alongside Bezos, was seen inside the Capitol Rotunda ahead of the official swearing-in ceremony.

President Donald Trump's inauguration was packed with the ultra-rich, some seated closer to the incoming president than his incoming cabinet. The personal net worth of just three of these people combined (Mark Zuckerberg,

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda has a limited capacity of about 600 people, making the seats inside the nation’s Capitol the most sought-after seats in Washington.

A gathering of the world’s wealthiest individuals attended the inauguration, and in a telling gesture, the tech billionaires were seated in front of Trump’s nominated Cabinet.

President Donald Trump on Monday revoked former President Joe Biden's comprehensive executive order on artificial intelligence as part of his first actions in office.

Tech billionaires lost around $100 billion as Chinese AI disruptor DeepSeek challenges Silicon Valley with a low-cost chatbot.

Vice President JD Vance, backed by Peter Thiel, criticized big tech's influence, stating these companies wield "too much power," despite prominent tech CEOs attending Donald Trump's inauguration.

Nvidia's Huang, Oracle's Ellison and ex-Binance CEO CZ were hit hard, though Meta's Zuckerberg and Amazon's Bezos escaped unscathed The world's 500 richest people, led by Nvidia Corp. co-founder Jensen Huang,