Anthropic CEO to Have Dinner with Trump at White House

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to have dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on September 27, 2026, according to Axios, with the report confirmed by TechCrunch citing a source familiar with the plans. It will be the first one-on-one meeting between the two.

The dinner comes after Amodei and Trump clashed publicly over AI safety. In September 2026, Amodei released a plan proposing to slow the pace of AI development and urged greater caution in advancing frontier AI. Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax and has suggested renaming the technology "super intelligence."

Amodei and Anthropic have had a strained relationship with the Trump administration. Earlier this year, the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the company sought to place guardrails on the use of its technology. Anthropic has been contesting the designation in court and secured its first court win in August 2026. Some administration officials, however, have recently taken a friendlier stance toward the company.