Trump Hosts Tech Leaders at the White House as Cook and Zuckerberg Each Cite $600 Billion in U.S. Investment
On the evening of September 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted a gathering of technology industry leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C., for discussions centered on harnessing super intelligence (SI) to propel the United States to the forefront of global innovation. The White House released the leaders' remarks the following day.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in his remarks that Apple's ability to make a major $600 billion investment in the United States and place key advanced manufacturing there was tied to the tone set by the President, and he thanked the administration for helping American companies around the world. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the companies present were all making huge investments to build out data centers and infrastructure in the country to power the next wave of innovation, and that Meta is investing at least $600 billion through 2028 in the U.S.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thanked the President for being a pro-business, pro-innovation president, saying the investment under way and the return of industry capacity to the United States would set the country up for a long period of success. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said super intelligence is at a real inflection point and that the administration's support for companies, rather than fighting with them, is hugely important. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai called the SI moment one of the most transformative moments any of them would see in their lifetimes and called the administration's AI Action Plan a great start.
Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su and OpenAI President Greg Brockman also spoke, focusing on market access, support for the semiconductor industry and what Brockman called the most massive infrastructure building in history.
The White House said the gathering builds on the administration's AI Action Plan and the First Lady's leadership in support of AI education, and that the public-private collaboration is fueling unprecedented growth in infrastructure and innovation.
(Source: The White House)
Source: The White House
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Photo: 图：2025年9月4日，特朗普总统与第一夫人梅拉尼娅在白宫国宴厅宴请商界与科技领袖，晚宴长桌全景。白宫官方照片（Andrea Hanks 摄），公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons（F20250904AH-2652）。 / Photo: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host business and technology leaders for dinner in the State Dining Room at the White House, September 4, 2025. Official White House photo by Andrea Hanks, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (F20250904AH-2652).
