Jensen Huang, Donald Trump, and Andy Jassy will all be in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.Getty Images
  • A slew of business and tech execs are scheduled to speak at Tuesday’s Saudi-US Investment Forum.

  • The forum will focus on a range of issues, from AI, to energy, to manufacturing.

  • Tuesday’s forum coincides with Trump’s crucial visit to Saudi Arabia.

As President Donald Trump embarks on the first international trip of his second term, a small crowd of Wall Street and Silicon Valley executives are also jetting off to Saudi Arabia.

On Tuesday, executives from companies like Google, Nvidia, and BlackRock are scheduled to speak at the Saudi-US Investment Forum, according to the event’s website. The forum will cover a range of topics — AI, energy, defense, and manufacturing, to name a few — and host some of the kingdom’s power brokers.

Investment is top of mind beyond Tuesday’s conference: Trump has said he wants to secure $1 trillion worth of deals during his trip to the gulf, multiple outlets reported.

Here are some of the biggest names scheduled to take the stage. Representatives for the Saudi-US Investment Forum did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.

Andy Jassy, Amazon

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is scheduled to speak.REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is listed as a featured speaker as Saudi Arabia is working to establish itself as a global AI leader. Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud business, has committed to investing more than $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia in the coming years to build data centers for the computing power needed to run AI models.

Alex Karp, Palantir

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp is among speakers.Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

The Palantir CEO is scheduled to speak at the conference, and has recently credited a pro-defense tech wave for solid first quarter performance. Alex Karp said on a recent earnings call that part of Palantir’s success had to do with “an unvarnished cacophony of the combination of 20 years of investment and a massive cultural shift in the US.”

Elon Musk

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has had a rocky relationship with Saudi Arabia in the past.Chesnot/Getty Images

Elon Musk is listed as a speaker, just a few months after Tesla announced it will be entering the Saudi market. The world’s richest man has previously had a somewhat rocky relationship with Saudi Arabia over unsuccessful business deals.

Larry Fink

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Larry Fink of BlackRock has stressed his company’s global reach.AP Images

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, launched an investment firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last year, and CEO Larry Fink stressed the firm’s global reach on a recent earnings call. He was once a leading voice on issues like ESG and DEI, but the firm’s recent annual letter didn’t mention either issue. Instead, Fink wrote in it that BlackRock is now betting big on the private market.

David Sacks

David Sacks
David Sacks, Trump’s AI and crypto czar, has focused on AI diplomacy.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/Getty Images

Trump’s AI and crypto czar is among the White House officials scheduled to speak. On Sunday evening, David Sacks posted about arriving in the Middle East on X, saying that America needs to be the “partner-of-choice” when it comes to AI, and that “effective AI diplomacy is vital now more than ever.”

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