WH in-town #6 - more dinner details

Mark Zuckerberg spoke first: “Well, thanks for hosting this. And this is quite a group to get together. And I think you know all the companies here are building huge investments in the country in order to build their data centers and infrastructure to power the next wave of innovation.”

POTUS then invited Google founder Sergey Brin to speak next and praised “his really wonderful MAGA girlfriend.”

Brin is across from POTUS with his girlfriend Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto on one side and Sundar Pichai on his other.

Also spotted around the table: Bill Gates next to FLOTUS, Tim Cook, Sam Altman, Susie Wiles, Satya Nadella.

Gates: “So the work being done by the people at this table is changing the world. It's coming fast, so it's great we all get to get there and talk about how the US can lead in this key area and apply it, even to the course outside the US, as well as to our great citizens. So thank you for incredible leadership, including getting this group together. Thank you.”

Cook: “I want to thank you for setting the tone such that we could make a major investment in the United States and have some key manufacturing, advanced manufacturing here. I think that says a lot about your focus and your leadership and your focus on innovation. I also want to thank you for helping companies around the world. This is a very key, key thing, and I really enjoy working the administration on those topics as well, because I think they're so important to the country. I want to thank the First Lady focusing on education.”

A few others also spoke. More details on that to come. POTUS now taking questions.

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Emily Goodin

White House Correspondent

McClatchy DC/Miami Herald