{"id":1681,"date":"2025-09-05T11:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:26:18","slug":"revolution-in-business-trump-hosts-white-house-dinner-for-tech-leaders-minus-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1681","title":{"rendered":"‘Revolution in business’: Trump hosts White House dinner for tech leaders, minus Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0President Donald Trump\u00a0gathered a who’s who of the tech world’s elite for dinner at the White House, with a notable industry giant not in attendance.<\/p>\n
Among those at the Sept. 4 dinner: Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; Apple CEO Tim Cook; Google’s Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai; and OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Not there:\u00a0Elon Musk, the Tesla, X, and SpaceX leader who was once among Trump’s closest allies before\u00a0a falling out.<\/p>\n
Musk\u00a0said in a social media post\u00a0that he “was invited, but unfortunately could not attend.”<\/p>\n
After a once-cool relationship with Silicon Valley, Trump has been embraced by many tech leaders in his second term, and the president has taken a\u00a0favorable approach to the industry, promoting cryptocurrencies,\u00a0warning foreign countries against adopting tech regulations,\u00a0and pushing a\u00a0plan for American dominance in artificial intelligence\u00a0while dropping former President\u00a0Joe Biden’s\u00a0AI restrictions.<\/p>\n
The dinner guests took turns praising Trump during the event.<\/p>\n
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The tech leaders invited to the White House represent some of the biggest AI firms in the world. Zuckerberg sat next to the president, while Gates sat next to first lady\u00a0Melania Trump.<\/p>\n
“It’s an honor to be here with this group of people, they’re leading a revolution in business and in genius and in every other word I think you could imagine,” Trump said in kicking off the event in the White House State Dining Room.<\/p>\n
Melania Trump\u00a0hosted a White House event focused on AI earlier in the day that was attended by Altman and Pichai.<\/p>\n
“The robots are here. Our future is no longer science fiction,” Melania Trump said at the event, which was focused on AI education initiative she leads.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>President Donald Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg smile during a private dinner for technology and business leaders in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
U.S. firms are racing to establish AI dominance over China, and Trump has been a major booster. He appointed venture capitalist David Sacks as the White House AI and crypto czar.<\/p>\n
Sacks outlined the Trump administration’s efforts to ensure the U.S. “dominates” in AI and thanked tech leaders attending the earlier AI event for “putting America first.”<\/p>\n
Trump has implemented an aggressive tariff program and pushed companies to shift manufacturing to the United States, prompting many to announce new U.S. investments. Cook joined Trump at the White House in August to tout\u00a0an additional $100 billion\u00a0in spending by Apple on its U.S. operations.<\/p>\n
“You’re all in for America,” Sacks told tech leaders Sept. 4.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration released an\u00a0artificial intelligence\u00a0blueprint in June that aims to loosen environmental rules and vastly expand AI exports to allies, in a bid to maintain the American edge over China in the critical technology.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Apple CEO Tim Cook during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC.. Cook was invited to a Sept. 4 White House dinner for Tech leaders in the Rose Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Trump’s AI plan, which includes some 90 recommendations, calls for the export of U.S. AI software and hardware abroad as well as a crackdown on state laws deemed too restrictive to let it flourish, a marked departure from\u00a0Biden’s “high fence” approach that limited global access to coveted AI chips.<\/p>\n
Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and OpenAI are all big players in the AI market. Zuckerberg, Pichai, Cook, and Altman all\u00a0attended Trump’s inauguration.<\/p>\n
Musk also attended the inauguration and led Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency in an effort to overhaul the federal government, but has\u00a0feuded with the president\u00a0since leaving the White House.<\/p>\n
Trump’s second term:\u00a0<\/strong>Elon Musk announces new ‘America’ party after slamming Trump’s megabill<\/span><\/p>\n
The\u00a0world’s richest man, Musk is among the tech world’s most prominent figures and has been critical of others in the industry. Last month, he accused Apple of an “antitrust violation” involving its App Store and AI, and threatened legal action.<\/p>\n
Altman responded on social media\u00a0that “This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself.” They founded OpenAI together before Musk left the company.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>President Donald Trump hosts a private dinner for technology and business leaders in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The dinner invite list includes two dozen top tech figures. Among the other names on the list according to a White House official: Figma CEO Dylan Field; Groq President Sunny Madra; Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya; Zynga founder Mark Pincus; Ring founder Jamie Siminoff; and Oracle CEO Safra Catz.<\/p>\n
Also on the list: Blue Origin CEO David Limp; Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra; OpenAI President Greg Brockman; Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; Tibco founder Vivek Ranadive; and Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar.<\/p>\n
Contributing: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:\u00a0President Donald Trump hosts White House dinner for US tech leaders<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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