On September 4, 2023, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a dinner at the White House for leaders of major technology companies. This was reported by Zamin.uz.
Industry leaders such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attended the event. Additionally, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, was also present.
During the meeting, Trump asked each company leader about the investments being made for the country's development. Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook stated that approximately $600 billion is invested annually.
Sundar Pichai provided information about a $250 billion investment. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company allocates up to $80 billion in investments per year.
Trump considered these figures to be very good results. Other notable attendees included IBM President Arvind Krishna, Code.org founder Cameron Wilson, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Blue Origin director David Limp, Palantir CEO Shyam Sankar, and Scale AI founder Alexander Wang.
However, Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and the X platform, did not attend the event. According to Euronews, although Elon Musk was invited, he did not participate due to personal reasons.
In his speech, President Trump spoke about the work in the field of artificial intelligence and the investments being made in the U.S. economy, emphasizing that these will take the country to a new level. Participants expressed great hope for innovation and development prospects in the country during the meeting.
The White House recognized this event as one of the important steps in Trump's relations with technology companies.
