 And now as Trump's vice president pick, Vance is tapping his tech billionaire contacts once again, and a growing group of them are embracing the MAGA movement, says author Chafkin. It's tempting to paint this with a broad brush and say all of Silicon Valley is getting behind the former president, but what's actually happening is that Silicon Valley's right wing has been activated and persuaded to open their pockets. A new tech-aligned political action committee called America PAC was unveiled just after Trump announced Vance as his running mate.