Former US President Donald Trump organized a significant dinner at the White House, gathering prominent leaders from the global technology industry. The event, which was moved from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate due to inclement weather, was attended by key figures in the tech sector. The absence of Elon Musk, CEO of X and SpaceX, drew attention and prompted discussion.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, a key player in the AI space and Musk’s competitor, was present.
Guests included:
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Micron chief Sanjay Mehrotra, TIBCO Software chairman Vivek Ranadive, Palantir’s Shyam Sankar, Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang, Blue Origin CEO David Limp, and Shift4 Payments boss Jared Isaacman.
Musk responded to the speculation surrounding his no-show by clarifying that he was invited but could not make it, and that he would have a representative in attendance. However, a White House official contradicted this, stating that Musk was not on the official guest list. The specific explanation for Elon Musk’s absence from the tech dinner remains undetermined.