{
  "id": 9700421,
  "title": "The who's who in tech showed up for Trump's glitzy White House dinner with China's leader",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/the-whos-who-in-tech-showed-up-for-trumps-glitzy-white-house-dinner",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-25T04:40:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-leaders-join-donald-trump-dinner-with-xi-jinping-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Thursday, Donald Trump hosted a high-profile dinner at the White House, inviting a star-studded lineup of tech leaders to discuss tariffs, critical minerals, and AI safety with China's leader, Xi Jinping. The invitees included AMD CEO Lisa Su, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Elon Musk. The event, described as a \"glitzy gathering,\" saw the attendees seated in a clockwise order around Trump's table.\n\nLisa Su, AMD's CEO, expressed her enthusiasm for the event, stating she is \"honored\" to join the White House dinner and that technology relies on a global ecosystem. She is looking forward to seeing the outcomes of the talks, emphasizing the importance of stability in the global tech landscape.\n\nOther notable attendees included Sam Altman, who has advocated for shared AI safety standards, and Elon Musk, who is heavily invested in China through Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory. Musk also called for peer review or testing of AI models from leading firms in each other's countries.\n\nThe seating arrangement featured Trump, his wife Melania, Musk, Su, her spouse Daniel Lin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and their spouses Lori Huang and Lori Huang, respectively. Former Apple CEO Tim Cook, China's First Lady Peng Liyuan, and Xi Jinping were also at the table. Other prominent tech executives invited to the dinner included Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai from Google, and Jeff Bezos from Amazon.",
  "summary": "Donald Trump's dinner with China's leader, Xi Jinping, is shaping up to be a gathering of tech's biggest names.",
  "key_points": [
    "Trump hosts high-profile dinner with tech leaders and China's Xi Jinping",
    "AMD CEO Lisa Su, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Elon Musk attend",
    "Seating arrangement includes Trump, Xi Jinping, and other prominent tech executives"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The tech leaders' presence at the dinner signals their growing influence on US-China relations and their vested interest in shaping policies on tariffs, AI safety, and global tech cooperation.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}