Jeff Bezos trying to get government contracts
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who recently rented the 'city of Venice' for his wedding, is now lobbying US President Donald Trump to get contracts for space agency, NASA and US defense projects.
Amazon founder Bezos tried to secure a contract for his company, Blue Origin, amid a strained relationship between Trump and Elon Musk. He is competing with Musk's SpaceX to win those contracts, according to Wall Street Journal .
As Musk's political influence wanes, other tech entrepreneurs are eager to take advantage. It has been analyzed in the news of Money Control that Bezos, who is at the forefront of it, has been talking to Trump frequently in recent days and this is increasing the warmth in the relationship between the two. Bezos, who once criticized Trump a lot, has now fallen towards him. During the election, he did not allow Wall Street Journal to stand in favor of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
Dave Limp, chief executive officer of Bezus' space-related service company Blue Origin, recently presented his company's role and capabilities for the mission to send people to the moon and defense projects in a meeting with Trump's chief of staff. Blue Origin has been pushed forward as an alternative to SpaceX as part of Trump's second-term plan to send a manned mission to the moon. Amazon has been trying to woo the president through activities such as making a documentary about Trump's wife Melania and donating to Trump events.
Trump warned that several government contracts given to his company would be canceled after the conflict with Musk. In return, Musk also threatened to stop the "Dragon Spacecraft" mission with NASA. Along with this, NASA and the Pentagon have started looking for an alternative partner. Along with Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Bezos's satellite-based internet service provider 'Project Kuiper' has been discussed. The White House is said to be trying to reassess SpaceX's dominance in space missions. As Musk's political influence has waned, other tech entrepreneurs have sought to take his place, with the founder of an AI company particularly fond of it. Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, has received federal funding for AI infrastructure in addition to the White House push. Leading companies like Palantir, Rivada in "defense-tech" are ready to replace Musk. According to the news published last month by the New York Times
, the Trump administration has increased cooperation with Palantir in the last few months for the creation of technology to integrate the data of American citizens. "After Trump became president, Palantir has received more than $113 million from the federal government," said the news, "This includes additional budgets from previous contracts and new contracts with the Ministry of Interior and the Pentagon (Ministry of Defense). "Enthusiastic about Trump's policy of loosening regulations on technology companies, other AI startups are now showing the courage to compete with large companies such as Musk's X AI. Trump is threatening Musk to return to South Africa and take action through the Department of Government Efficiency (Dodge), of which Musk is the former head. Many are interested in what new form of political umbrella this rift between Musk and Trump presents in the technology sector.
