Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Stargate, “the most important project for this era” and promised that all of the new investment his company was making would help cure diseases. Altman was actually prompted by Trump to talk about the medical advances that AI would supposedly figure out.

Tech billionaires including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were given prime positions at Donald Trump's inauguration Monday, in an unprecedented demonstration of their power and influence on US politics.

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images.

The chief executive of TikTok, which went dark but then returned over the weekend, was among the tech executives who attended President Trump's inauguration. NBC News' Savannah Sellers reports.

As Donald Trump is sworn in, the nation's richest and most powerful tech tycoons had some of the best seats in the house. Elon Musk, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg, and Apple's Tim Cook were all in attendance.

Tech leaders attend Trump’s presidential inauguration in 2025 Tech leaders, including TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, descended on Washington for US President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Monday (Jan 20).