Tech CEOs set to attend Trump-Xi White House dinner
Technology executives including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Apple's Tim Cook, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon are expected to attend a White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24, hosted by President Donald Trump. The gathering brings leaders of major computing and AI firms into direct contact with heads of the world's two largest economies, amid tensions over technology supremacy, microchips, and AI safety. The official guest roster has not been formally published, but these executives are confirmed or widely expected to attend. The dinner occurs amid disputes in Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill over AI advancement speed, following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for an industry slowdown over catastrophic risks. The White House has dismissed statutory restrictions, arguing they would benefit China strategically.