As relations between US President Donald Trump and billionaire businessman Elon Musk soured, other tech entrepreneurs have started to get closer to Trump. Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who recently rented the 'city of Venice' for his wedding, is now lobbying US President Trump to get contracts for space agency, NASA and US defense projects.

Amazon founder Bezos is trying to secure a contract for his company Blue Origin amid a strained relationship between Trump and Musk. He is competing with Musk's SpaceX to win those contracts, according to the Wall Street Journal. As Musk's political influence weakens, 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 this, has been talking to Trump repeatedly in recent days and this is increasing the warmth in the relationship between the two.

Bezos, who was once very critical of Trump, is now leaning towards him. Dave Limp, CEO of Bezos' space services company Blue Origin, recently presented his company's role and capabilities for the moon mission and defense projects during a meeting with Trump's chief of staff. Blue Origin has been put forward as an alternative to SpaceX as part of Trump's second-term plan to send a man to the moon. Amazon has been trying to woo Trump through activities ranging from producing a documentary about his wife, Melania, to donating to Trump events.

Trump threatened to cancel several government contracts awarded to his company after falling out with Musk. In return, Musk also threatened to stop the 'Dragon Spacecraft' mission with NASA. Along with this, NASA and the Pentagon started looking for an alternative partner, according to the Washington Post news. Along with Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Bezos' satellite-based internet service provider 'Project Kuiper' has been discussed. The White House is said to be looking 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 interested. ChatGPT creator Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, has received federal support for AI infrastructure in addition to the White House push. Leading defense-tech companies like Palantir and Rivada are poised to take Musk's place. According to the news published by the New York Times last month, the Trump administration has increased cooperation with Palantir in the last few months to build technology to integrate the data of American citizens.