With Donald Trump’s inauguration just a few days away, details about who will be attending are quickly emerging.
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So far, one primary theme surrounding the event is it will reportedly feature a who’s who of tech sector leaders. Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk played an integral role in Trump’s campaign success but he isn’t the only prominent Silicon Valley name included on the guest list.
Indeed, Washington, D.C.'s well-known politicians and lobbyists will be sharing space with the leaders of several prominent tech fields, including artificial intelligence (AI) and social media.
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In the weeks since Trump’s election, tech CEOs have quickly moved to make sizable contributions to his inaugural fund, widely seen as a means of currying favor with the president-elect.
However, according to recent reports, one of the tech sector’s biggest names won’t attend the inauguration.
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The inaugural swearing-in ceremony is important for an incoming president, as it can set the tone for their entire term. A look at the group of big tech CEOs set to attend Trump’s event makes it clear that the sector is betting big on his policies that will benefit them.
In addition to Musk, Meta Platforms (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon (AMZN) founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos are set to attend the inauguration.
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The list also includes Google (GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, and Sam Altman of OpenAI.
Additionally, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew plans on attending the inauguration, in what some see as a move to try and influence Trump to stop the app from being banned in the U.S., despite the recent Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of it.
One name that is absent from the list of tech CEOs attending the inauguration, though. Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has expressed optimism for Trump’s presidency, stating that his company is willing to “do whatever we can to make this administration succeed.”
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However, according to reports, he is currently traveling in East Asia, which is common around the Lunar New Year holiday. He will not return to the U.S. to join many of his fellow Magnificent 7 CEOs at the inauguration.
As one of the leading companies in the AI space, Nvidia stands to be severely impacted by Trump’s plans for the technology.