Google's cofounder was invited to speak to startup founders during a recent Y Combinator event.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) owned search giant Google is the latest tech company to donate to Donald Trump's inauguration fund ahead of the highly anticipated Jan. 20 event. What Happened: Google announced a $1 million donation to Trump's inauguration,

Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are each donating $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining the roster of technology companies shelling out to back the incoming US president’s festivities later this month.

If you need some, uh, different bad news to break up your already bad news day, here’s some: Google just donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, per The Washington Post. (We can’t use Bing anymore either, because that’s an AI wasteland. Apparently there’s an alternative engine called Swisscows.com? That one sounds nice.)

JMP Securities cited “the risk of antitrust penalties that could significantly impact Google’s U.S. distribution of search and search revenue.”

Google, the Mountain View-based search and digital advertising giant, is facing increasing scrutiny as the government has recommended it be broken up and its lucrative search index opened to rivals.

Analyst Justin Post of Bank of America Securities maintained a Buy rating on Alphabet Class A (GOOGL – Research Report), retaining the price

Google is donating $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, joining Meta and other tech giants

In December 2024, Google announced plans to integrate Gemini AI into its extended reality (XR) platform, Android XR, via Samsung's Project Moohan XR headset. "Alphabet’s Google TV to integrate Gemini AI" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand.

According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, the stock finished the month up 12%. As you can see from the chart below, the gains came largely following the quantum computing announcement on Dec. 9. Alphabet shares jumped 5.6% on Dec. 10 and then another 5.5% on Dec. 11 following the news about Willow.

Google is following other tech giants in supporting an administration that will shape the company’s historic antitrust case.

Google stock posted a big gain in 2024 but AI-driven competition in the internet search business and DoJ antitrust cases still loom.