Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei joins President Trump for private White House dinner September 27, 2026 — first one-on-one meeting. Amodei missed Trump’s state dinner for Xi Jinping due to scheduling conflict; Trump invited private dinner instead.

Comes amid strained Anthropic-Trump administration relations: Pentagon supply-chain-risk designation, court fight. Anthropic preparing expected blockbuster IPO. White House: “America will lead the world in Super Intelligence, while protecting American consumers.