Reid Hoffman speaks onstage during The AI Optimist Club at WIRED Celebrates 30th Anniversary on December 05, 2023 in San Francisco, California.
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Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, is in a difficult position — on the outs with President Trump, a new administration and his former friend Elon Musk.
Hoffman supported Kamala Harris for president in 2024, and had previously bankrolled a lawsuit against Trump by E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexual assault. And on January 20, when several tech billionaires,