Silicon Valley investors call for California to secede from the US after Trump win

Hyperloop co-founder said he would fund 'Calexit' campaign for Democratic state to become its own nation as tech industry has been at odds with Trump

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As Donald Trump's shock election victory reverberated around Silicon Valley late on Tuesday night, some high-profile technologists were already calling for California to secede from the United States.

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