"Top tech names were on the guest list for the banquet thrown for President Trump during his second state visit to the UK on Wednesday. The banquet seating chart included NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang; Apple CEO Tim Cook; venture capitalist and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks; Alphabet and Google president Ruth Porat; Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff; and OpenAI's Sam Altman, according to the New York Times."
"On Thursday, the US and UK signed a partnership called the Tech Prosperity Deal to focus on developing nuclear, AI, and quantum technologies. Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and OpenAI also made announcements earlier this week to build data centers in the UK, while CoreWeave and Salesforce announced a multi-billion-pound investment in the country. Overall, American tech firms committed a total of £31 billion ($42 billion) to boost AI infrastructure in the UK."
"The president has also taken a sharper focus on tech - criticizing Tim Cook for Apple's outsourced supply chain, signing an " anti-work" AI order, as well as instructing the attorney general to investigate private companies receiving federal funds that have DEI programs deemed "illegal." Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and other tech leaders attended the president's inauguration this year. And, in early September, President Trump threw a tech dinner with 33 top names in Silicon Valley, including Altman,"
A state banquet for President Trump included top U.S. tech executives such as Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, David Sacks, Ruth Porat, Satya Nadella, Marc Benioff, and Sam Altman. The US and UK signed a Tech Prosperity Deal to advance nuclear, AI, and quantum technologies. Major firms announced plans to build UK data centers and multibillion-pound investments, with U.S. companies committing £31 billion to AI infrastructure. The banquet favored tech and business figures over traditional Hollywood guests, reflecting shifting economic priorities and the rising prominence of technology in policy and diplomacy. The president has pursued a more active tech agenda and engagement with industry leaders.
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