Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on

Thursday will host more than two dozen technology and business

leaders for a dinner in the newly renovated White House Rose

Garden, according to a White House official.

The guests include Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg,

Apple ( AAPL ) CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft ( MSFT ) founder Bill

Gates and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the official said.

The gathering highlights Trump's complicated but evolving

relationship with Silicon Valley and the broader tech industry.

Once a source of frequent clashes over issues such as

content moderation and antitrust scrutiny, the tech sector has

recalibrated since Trump's 2024 election victory.

Executives have sought closer ties with the Republican

administration, aligning corporate policies with the White

House's push to roll back diversity and equity initiatives while

courting Trump's favor on artificial intelligence and other

emerging technologies.

"The president looks forward to welcoming top business,

political and tech leaders for this dinner and the many dinners

to come on the new, beautiful Rose Garden patio," White House

spokesman Davis Ingle said.

The Hill news outlet first reported the event.

The Rose Garden renovation, completed in August, replaced

the iconic grass lawn with a stone patio and umbrella-covered

tables modeled after Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

The gathering there is set to take place after CEOs and tech

leaders attend a White House event on AI hosted by first lady

Melania Trump.

Other executives on the guest list include Google

CEO Sundar Pichai, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Blue Origin

CEO David Limp, Micron Technology ( MU ) CEO Sanjay Mehrotra and

OpenAI President Greg Brockman, the White House official said.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) CEO Satya Nadella, Sacramento Kings owner Vivek

Ranadive, Palantir ( PLTR ) Chief Technology Officer Shyam

Sankar and Meta's chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, are also

expected.

Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief who served as

a Trump adviser before a public split earlier this year, is not

on the invite list, the official confirmed.