President Donald Trump hosted tech leaders like Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai at the White House Rose Garden dinner.

President Donald Trump hosted tech leaders like Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai at the White House Rose Garden dinner. Brian Snyder/REUTERS

President Donald Trump hosted tech leaders like Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai at the White House Rose Garden dinner. Brian Snyder/REUTERS

lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.

lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.

President Donald Trump hosted a who’s who dinner for some of the biggest names in tech — and the CEOs had glowing remarks for the president.

The dinner guest list includes Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, alongside more than a dozen other executives from leading AI and tech firms.

According to a pool report, with more than 30 chairs around the table, guests were encouraged to speak and went around the table praising the president.

Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and once the face of Trump’s White House DOGE office, did not attend, though the White House said a representative for Musk would be there. Musk had a public falling out with the president earlier this year. Trump has said he thinks Musk will return to the GOP fold.

The administration’s new Artificial Intelligence Education task force, chaired by first lady Melania Trump, held an event earlier in the day that was attended by top executives of Google and OpenAI.

Here is a list of tech leaders spotted at the White House.