X owner Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat closer to President Donald Trump as he took the oath of office than his Cabinet nominees.

The news comes after the executives donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund and began fostering good relations with the new president.

Musk has emerged as a top Trump ally since vigorously campaigning for the president last fall and subsequently being appointed to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency.

Zuckerberg recently rolled back diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at Meta, a key priority for Trump during the campaign. The Meta founder also rescinded controversial fact-checking policies, which critics had argued were biased against Trump and other Republicans.

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All of the tech gurus have flocked to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the president’s Florida home since he won a second term in office.

The ceremony is taking place in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. The space has a capacity of 600, smaller than the number of attendees allowed on the Capitol’s East Portico, where the inauguration has traditionally been held since 1829.