U.S. President Donald Trump will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for an inaugural event in the White House 's renovated Rose Garden on Thursday.

Invitees include Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and OpenAI founder Sam Altman , according to a list confirmed by a White House official.

Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who previously served as a special government employee in the first few months of the latest Trump administration and later had a public falling out with the president , posted on X that he was invited but could not attend.

"A representative of mine will be there," he wrote.

The meeting will be held over dinner after a separate White House event on

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