Zuckerberg Expected at Trump-Xi Tech Leaders Dinner

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to attend a White House state dinner on September 24 for Chinese President Xi Jinping alongside President Donald Trump and other U.S. technology executives. Bloomberg reported on September 22, citing sources familiar with the matter, that Zuckerberg plans to attend. Reuters reported that Zuckerberg and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla confirmed plans to attend, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump will welcome Xi at the White House this week for their second meeting this year. Named expected U.S. attendees include Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, OpenAI executives Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; some reports also list Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple board chairman Tim Cook. The South China Morning Post reported DeepMind and Moonshot AI founders will not join the Chinese delegation; Reuters reported BYD, Xiaomi, and CATL representatives might accompany it. Meta's Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp remain unavailable in China, and China previously blocked Meta's planned Manus AI acquisition. Muse, Meta's personal AI agent launched September 8, 2026, topped U.S. app downloads. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is not listed among attendees. Trump has opposed regulating AI development pace, arguing it could give China an advantage.