OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will join the ranks of U.S. tech giants in donating to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, a spokesman said. "President Trump will lead our country into the age of artificial intelligence, and I am eager to support his efforts to ensure that the United States remains at the forefront," Altman said in a written statement.

Altman reportedly plans to personally donate $1 million to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, rather than having OpenAI make the donation.

Previously, Mark Zuckerberg's MetaPlatforms and Jeff Bezos' Amazon both announced a donation of $1 million to the inauguration fund, a move that was said to be to maintain good relations with the incoming head of state.

Bezos will donate through Amazon, while Zuckerberg pledged to donate while attending Trump's Thanksgiving dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Earlier this month, Altman told "Fox News Sunday" that he looked forward to working with the incoming Trump administration and emphasized how "super important" it is for the United States and its allies to take a leadership role in building infrastructure to support the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, especially in the technological competition with China.

"Artificial intelligence is a little different than other types of software in that it requires a lot of infrastructure, power, computer chips, data centers, and we need to build that infrastructure here and we need to be able to have the best AI infrastructure in the world to be able to lead in terms of technology and capabilities," Altman said. "I believe President-elect Trump will do a great job on this."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sits down with Shannon Bream to discuss the positives and potential negatives of AI, and the importance of keeping the AI ​​industry ahead of China.

"[I] look forward to working with the [Trump] administration on this," the tech CEO continued. "In our view, this is really important. This seems like it's going to be an unusually important moment in the history of technology. We very much believe that the United States and our allies need to take a leadership role in this."

A few days later, the OpenAI CEO also accepted an interview with "Fox Finance" reporter Charles Payne, further elaborating on the importance of artificial intelligence in the field of U.S. national security.

"The stakes are incredibly high. Artificial intelligence is here," he said. "AI will impact many of our jobs...The United States must lead in AI innovation. Our adversaries will exploit this technology. We must use it to help defend America's military."Other tech tycoons who have supported Trump throughout the campaign include Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, venture capitalist David Sacks, Andreessen Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz) founders Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen, as well as cryptocurrency exchange Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.