Elon Musk reportedly wasn’t on the invite list asking tech world CEOs to discuss “artificial intelligence education” at the White House on Thursday.
President Trump plans to dine in the newly renovated Rose Garden with more than a dozen pioneering AI executives, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to a guest list first obtained by The Hill.
Not among the names on that VIP rundown is that of the world’s richest man, who spent nearly $300 million last year to put Trump back in power, then appeared to sour on his former “first buddy” after serving just four months in the president’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Musk claimed on Thursday he was invited to the event “but unfortunately could not attend,” and sa