Big Tech Sponsors Trump's Military Parade

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Donald Trump is finally getting the military parade that he’s always wanted, and Big Tech is helping to make it happen. Over the weekend, the Trump administration will host a “grand military parade” to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, the first of a number of events that will culminate in a pseudo-semiquincentennial celebration next year. And as The Verge pointed out, several tech giants are throwing in their financial support behind the effort.

According to a press release from the America250 Foundation, the congressionally appointed nonprofit organization designated to handle the securing of funding for all of the planned festivities, companies including Oracle, Coinbase, Palantir, and Amazon have all signed on as “landmark corporate commitments” for the cause. The organization also said that “Many of these sponsors will support the upcoming grand military parade being held in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 14,” though it did not confirm which companies will specifically put their money and potentially name on the show of military strength.

Gizmodo reached out to Amazon, Palantir, and Oracle for comment on their commitments, including whether they will provide financial support for or will have a presence at the “grand military parade,” as none of the companies have outwardly advertised their involvement. Coinbase has been less quiet about its role. As The Verge reported earlier this month, Coinbase’s chief policy officer, Faryar Shirzad, announced on stage at the 2025 Bitcoin Conference that the company will be a “major sponsor of the America250 effort.”

It’s not clear just how much ability these corporate sponsors have to dictate how their financial support is used in the America250 effort, but one would imagine that if they didn’t want to be associated at all with the military parade, they would simply wait to throw their name in the ring until after that was over. After all, the main Semiquincentennial celebration won’t happen until July 4, 2026—more than a full year away.

All of the tech companies that were named by the America250 Foundation as corporate backers have ties to the Army and to the Trump administration, so there’s no reason for them to be shy about backing a military parade if that is their intention.

Amazon has a number of contracts with the Army, and the company’s founder and executive chair, Jeff Bezos, gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Oracle also has plenty of business with the Army and the Defense Department, and founder and chairman Larry Ellison is a close friend of Trump. Palantir has lots of military ties, calling its own technology the “connective tissue” for the Army’s operations, and CEO Alex Karp has become a major Trump backer. Coinbase gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and recently added former Secretary of the Army Mark Esper to its advisory board.

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