Apple or Google, Who’s Investing How Much in the US? Trump Presses Tech Giants Over Dinner on Future Plans

International News:US President Donald Trump on Thursday held a special dinner meeting with top officials of the world's largest tech companies at the White House. The main focus of this meeting was on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big investments in America. At the beginning of the meeting, Trump showcased the research being done on AI and praised the investments being made by tech companies across the country. He addressed all the CEOs sitting at the dinner table as 'high IQ people' and said that these people have the ability to take America "to a new level."

Trump's question—How much companies investing in America?

During the dinner, Trump's biggest question was how much companies would invest in America in the coming years.

• Meta (Mark Zuckerberg) and Apple (Tim Cook) together announced a big investment of $600 billion.
• Google (Sundar Pichai) promised an investment of $250 billion.
• Microsoft (Satya Nadella) said that the company would invest $80 billion every year.

Trump called these announcements a historic step for the US economy and job creation.

Elon Musk absent from dinner

The special thing about this meeting was that Elon Musk did not attend it. Musk, who was once considered close to Trump, recently had a public dispute with Trump. In his absence, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attended the meeting and gave many important suggestions related to AI research.

Who attended the dinner?

Many big names of the tech industry attended this dinner meeting.

• Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
• Google co-founder Sergey Brin
• OpenAI's Greg Brockman
• Oracle CEO Safra Catz
• Blue Origin's David Limp
• Micron's Sanjay Mehta
• Palantir's Shyam Shankar
• Scale AI's Alexander Wang

The presence of these giants indicates a deep coordination between the tech sector and the US government.

Trump's appeal to tech companies

Trump gave a clear message to the companies that his goal is to make America a global hub of AI, technology, and innovation. He told the CEOs that "America not only has to move ahead in AI and technology, but we also have to increase jobs and opportunities here." This high-profile meeting held at the White House was not only important for the future of technology, but it also showed that in the coming times, America will see record investments in AI and the digital tech sector. Now everyone's eyes are on how giants like Meta, Google, Apple, and Microsoft implement their investment promises and what impact it has on the American economy.