Nvidia Fuels Tech’s $109 Million Lobbying Surge to Woo Trump (1)

Silicon Valley has learned how to succeed in Donald Trump’s Washington: Spend record amounts. Visit the White House. Flatter the president as often as you can.

It’s a playbook business leadersaround the world are following. But few industries have mastered it as quickly as the biggest tech companies, which need more from Washington than ever as their marquee innovation, artificial intelligence, becomes an engine for growth in the US economy and threatens to upend every part of daily life.

Government relations shops for Nvidia Corp., OpenAI Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and other firms expanded and rebranded ...