'Definitely a high-IQ group': Trump hosts Nadella, Pichai & other top tech CEOs at White House dinner | See pics
US President Donald Trump hosted a high-profile gathering of tech leaders at the White House, calling them a “high-IQ group” leading a revolution in business.
US President Donald Trump hosted a high-profile gathering of tech leaders at the White House, calling them a “high-IQ group” leading a revolution in business. (AFP)
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Trump sat flanked by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, while Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, and Satya Nadella joined other executives including Sergey Brin, Sam Altman, and Safra Catz. (Reuters)
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The Indian-origin CEOs who attended the event included Google's CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, TIBCO Software chairman Vivek Ranadive, and Palantir executive Shyam Sankar. (Reuters)
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai called AI one of the most transformative moments of our time and praised the White House’s ‘AI Action Plan’ as a “great start.” Trump lauded Pichai for Google’s commitment to invest USD 250 billion in the US over the next two years, calling it “great” and “a lot of jobs.” (Reuters)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella credited Trump’s policies for enabling global trust in American technology and confirmed Microsoft invests USD 75–80 billion annually in the US. Trump praised Nadella’s leadership, noting Microsoft’s stock surge from USD 28 to over USD 500, while Nadella thanked the First Lady for her focus on AI-related skilling. (AFP)
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Bill Gates, in a lighter moment, said he is in the second phase of his career, giving away “all the wonderful money” Nadella helped multiply. (Reuters)
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seated beside Trump, said companies are making huge investments in US data centres and infrastructure for future innovation, adding that Meta alone will invest at least USD 600 billion in the country through 2028. (Reuters)
