Big Tech

Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft, the Big Five tech companies

Big Tech, also known as the Tech Giants or Tech Titans,^[1] are the largest IT companies in the world. The concept of Big Tech is similar to the grouping of dominant companies in other sectors.^[2] It typically refers to the Big Five American tech companies: Alphabet (parent of Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft;^[3]^[4] or the Magnificent Seven, which includes Nvidia and Tesla.^[5]^[6]^[7] Big Tech can also include Chinese companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi.

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