AMD CEO Lisa Su sat down with roughly two dozen of the most powerful figures in technology at the White House on September 4, joining a dinner hosted by President Trump that was originally planned for the Rose Garden but moved to the State Dining Room because of bad weather. The guest list read like a Fortune 500 fantasy draft: Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Sam Altman, and Sundar Pichai all made the cut.
The event brought together approximately two dozen tech and business leaders, including 13 billionaires, for a strategic conversation about keeping America at the front of the global AI race. Leaders reportedly pledged substantial investments in AI infrastructure and data centers, aligning themselves with the Trump administration’s push to accelerate domestic innovation.
Su, who has turned AMD into one of the most consequential chipmakers on the planet, was among the most prominent attendees. In a follow-up interview on September 11, she voiced strong support for the administration’s AI action plan, emphasizing the need for proactive measures to maintain American leadership in AI while competing with China.
She also flagged national security concerns tied to semiconductor supply chains, a theme that has become central to US technology policy over the past several years.
