Look at all of the Silicon Valley bigwigs gathered to pay fealty to Trump and Xi Jinping.

Posted Sep 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC T Look at all of the Silicon Valley bigwigs gathered to pay fealty to Trump and Xi Jinping. It would be easier to name the tech CEOs who didn’t show up to the state dinner being held for China’s president this week. Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and AMD’s Lisa Su.

Also in attendance , but not pictured below, were reportedly Satya Nadella, Michael Dell, Zoom’s Eric Yuan, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon, and, of course, David Ellison. 1/31 WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, attends a state dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering “strategic stability” between their countries. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Getty Images Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.

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