Trump Hosts Tech Titans In Newly Renovated Rose Garden

Tech industry leaders are expected at the White House on Thursday for an artificial intelligence event hosted by First Lady Melania Trump in the newly renovated Rose Garden, according to Bloomberg. Expected attendees include Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Alphabet’s Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The event supports the first lady’s presidential challenge, promoting student and educator use of AI. During his second term, Trump has courted AI firms to boost domestic manufacturing, securing billions in data center commitments and offering tariff relief to companies that expand U.S. production.