File photo: China’s President Xi Jinping, right, and US President Donald Trump
A roster of America’s most prominent technology executives is heading to the White House this week as President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping for a high-profile state dinner on September 24, a report has said. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is planning to attend the diplomatic gathering, joining top figures from Apple, Nvidia, OpenAI and Qualcomm, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the arrangements who spoke on condition of anonymity. The gathering brings the architects of modern computing and artificial intelligence (AI) directly into the room with the leaders of the world’s two largest economies, arriving amid intense friction over global technology supremacy, microchips and AI safety.
Satya Nadella (CEO, Microsoft): Expected to attend the official dinner alongside industry peers; Tim Cook (Executive Chairman, Apple): Slated to attend the September 24 banquet, as previously reported by Bloomberg News. multiple industry leaders are confirmed or widely expected at the East Room table While the official guest roster has not been formally published. Jensen Huang (CEO, Nvidia): Expected to join the delegation during a wider working trip to Washington. Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI): Set to participate amid ongoing discussions surrounding global AI governance. Cristiano Amon (CEO, Qualcomm): Scheduled to be among the industry contingent at the White House. The state meal arrives in the middle of a polarizing dispute across Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill regarding how quickly frontier AI should advance. Disagreements boiled over last week after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged for an industry-wide slowdown, warning that unchecked model development could unleash catastrophic hazards, including wide-scale cyberattacks.