WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. “This is taking our country to a new level,” he said at the center of a long table surrounded by what he described as “high IQ people.” It was the latest example of a delicate two-way courtship between Trump and tech leaders, several of whom attended his inauguration.

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

Several leaders from the tech sector will be meeting with Mrs. Trump at the White House on Thursday before gathering in the revamped Rose Garden with Mr. Trump.