Donald Trump, former US President, orchestrated a dinner at the White House, bringing together leading figures from the global tech landscape. The event, intended to be held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate before a change of plans due to weather, gathered a collection of influential individuals. The absence of Elon Musk, CEO of X and SpaceX, however, has sparked considerable discussion.
Musk’s notable competitor, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, was present at the dinner.
List of attendees:
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 addressed the speculation surrounding his absence, stating that he had been invited but was unable to attend, and that a representative would be present in his stead. A White House official, however, offered a conflicting account, indicating that Musk was not on the official guest list. The precise rationale behind Elon Musk’s absence from the tech leader dinner remains a point of conjecture.