Anthropic CEO Amodei set to meet with Trump after missing state dinner

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during an interview at Anthropic's headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, April 30, 2026.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will join President Donald Trump for a private dinner at the White House on Sunday, CNBC confirmed, in what will be the first one-on-one meeting between the two leaders.

Amodei was noticeably absent from Trump's glitzy state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, as other tech bigwigs — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — were photographed rubbing elbows with government officials. Amodei had a scheduling conflict, so Trump invited him to a private dinner, according to a source familiar with the details who was not authorized to speak publicly.

The meeting, first reported by Axios, comes at a high-stakes moment for Anthropic, which is gearing up for what's widely expected to be a blockbuster IPO. The company's precarious relationship with the Trump administration has been under strain for much of the last year, so Amodei's sit-down with the president could serve as a valuable opportunity to ease tensions.

"President Trump has been clear: America will lead the world in Super Intelligence, while protecting American consumers," a White House official said in a statement, in response to CNBC's inquiry about Sunday's dinner. "We will drive innovation, strengthen American competitiveness, and ensure this transformative technology works for the American people."

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