Apple CEO Tim Cook was among multiple high-profile guests at a state dinner at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, joining King Charles III and Donald Trump. Here are the details.
Tonight’s 160+ guest list included tech and media moguls
Tonight’s dinner guest list also included Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Arm CEO Rene Haas, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, among other tech and media personalities, including Rupert Murdoch.
As Bloomberg noted, Trump’s visit to the UK is meant to underscore and reinforce “the special relationship” between the two sides. Tonight’s event was part of a wider effort to lock in billions in new deals, some of which have been announced in the last few days.
From Bloomberg’s reporting of tonight’s event:
“US and UK officials have said they expect to roll out economic deals worth billions of dollars to coincide with the visit, with artificial intelligence data centers and nuclear plants to help power them high on the agenda. Microsoft Corp., OpenAI and other American companies announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on technology infrastructure in the UK.”
Earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled a £22 billion ($30B) AI infrastructure investment in the UK through 2028, just hours after Google revealed a £5 billion ($6.8B) commitment of its own.
Interestingly, Apple has not yet announced any such investment, despite Cook‘s presence at tonight’s dinner, as seen in the video below:
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