Technology übermenschen like Mark Zuckerberg have privately said that an Elizabeth Warren presidency would “suck” for Facebook, to which Warren cheekily replied, “What would really ‘suck’ is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy.” But interestingly, the relationship between one of the top 2020 Democrats and Silicon Valley isn’t nearly so antagonistic. As she gains steadily, wealthy tech figures have come out of the woodwork to express their support. “I don’t agree with many of her proposals but I donated to Elizabeth Warren because SHE IS THE ONLY MAJOR CANDIDATE WITH STUFF WRITTEN DOWN,” tweeted former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya, summarizing a popular sentiment toward a fellow nerd.

In fact, as Recode reported Wednesday, the tech world has gone from being allergic to Warren to respecting her and embracing her intellectual policies—even, sometimes, as they apply to the tech world. But there’s a catch: Despite their dawning enthusiasm, they can’t get anywhere near the candidate herself. Silicon Valley donors, Recode writes, are trying “every angle they can” to get face time with her, to no avail. “They don’t even want the appearance of a donor ask,” one source told the outlet. “We’ve tried every lever.”

Her campaign has reportedly turned down every arrangement, from casual gatherings where no money changes hands, to family-centered events with kids involved. Multiple supporters expressed “frustration” to Recode that the campaign is cold-shouldering them for the mere crime of being loaded and well-connected. “We want her to be president, and now is a hard time to figure out that there’s not much you can do—or the things that you usually do aren’t open to you,” said a tech-adjacent Democratic fundraiser and Warren supporter. “I cannot talk to her now if I wanted to.” Her elusiveness, it seems, has only amped up their thirst, as a fundraiser she headlined for the Democratic Party (not for her campaign) suggested:

This was their chance to finally get in front of Warren, some donors thought, and so they forked over as much as $50,000 to attend a VIP reception and earn their grip-and-grin with possibly the next Democratic nominee for president. People from Silicon Valley who’d had no plans to attend yet another Democratic Party fundraiser were suddenly buying tables.