Overview

• Apple’s Tim Cook, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Microsoft figures including Bill Gates and Satya Nadella attended the dinner.
• Company leaders touted large U.S. spending plans, with Meta and Apple each citing about $600 billion through 2028, Alphabet referencing $250 billion, and Microsoft saying up to $80 billion per year.
• Executives publicly praised the president’s pro-business stance, with Altman calling him an economic- and innovation-friendly leader.
• Artificial intelligence featured prominently, including First Lady Melania Trump highlighting a task force focused on AI in education and Gates urging U.S. leadership in technology for global health.
• Elon Musk did not attend, saying he was invited but could not go and sent a representative, reinforcing his ongoing rift with the president as trade and digital policy pressures mount.