Tech Executives Gather at the White House for Dinner with Trump
Several leading figures from the technology sector are set to converge on the White House this Thursday evening for a dinner with President Donald Trump in the newly updated Rose Garden.
This gathering has been confirmed by various reports, including one from The Hill. Attendees will include prominent leaders such as Sam Altman of OpenAI, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Bill Gates from Microsoft, and Apple CEO Tim Cook, alongside other industry giants.
The invitation also mentions:
Additional guests at the Thursday event are expected to include Google founders Sergei Brin and Sundar Pichai, Oracle’s CEO Safra Catz, David Limp from Blue Origin, Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron Technology, and Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI.
Others listed include Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, Vivek Ranadive, who is the founder of Tibco and owner of the Sacramento Kings, Shyam Sankar from Palantir, and Alexandr Wang, who heads Scale.ai and Meta’s super intelligence projects.
This marks the first event Trump is hosting at the Rose Garden since its upgrade, which features a stylish white patio adorned with numerous tables under cheerful yellow umbrellas. Before the dinner, First Lady Melania Trump, who advocates for the Take It Down Act, will hold her separate gathering focused on artificial intelligence.
According to The Hill, “The Rose Garden Club in the White House is one of the most sought-after venues in Washington, or possibly the entire world. The President is eager to welcome top leaders from business, politics, and technology for this dinner, and he anticipates many more gatherings to take place at the new and beautiful Balla Garden Patio.”
On a related note, numerous companies expected to be present have recently made significant investment pledges in the U.S. since Trump took office. For example, Apple is leading with a remarkable commitment of $600 billion. OpenAI is among three companies, along with Oracle and SoftBank, involved in the ambitious Project Stargate.
