Silicon Valley reels in wake of Trump's presidential victory

Silicon Valley reels in wake of Trump's presidential victory

Sam Altman. Photo: Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s stunning upset inspired a wave of despair and anxiety in Silicon Valley. “This feels like the worst thing to happen in my life. i assume we’ll get through it, but it sure doesn’t feel that way right now,” Sam Altman, president of startup incubator Y Combinator, tweeted. “Is this what it felt like when people first realized hitler could actually take power?” tweeted Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus. Shervin Pishevar, the co-founder of Hyperloop One, even suggested that California secede.

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