Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg among 31 guests at Trump’s AI lunch
THE SO WHAT
When the sitting president hosts a 31-person AI lunch with the core tech and capital stack in the room, AI policy becomes a negotiated outcome among incumbents, not just a regulatory process. If AI is material to your roadmap, assume the rules of the game may be shaped in these rooms — track emerging guidance and be ready to adapt data, hiring, and deployment plans on short notice.
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