The White House Crypto and AI Czar David Sacks were among a number of Trump administration officials who recently met with United Arab Emirates officials to discuss emerging technologies and the UAE’s potential plans to increase its investment in the United States.
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the national security counselor of the country and brother of the country’s president, said on a March 20 x x Post That he talked to the sacks about the impact of the AI, “the expanding role of digital currencies” along with “investment opportunities that emerged in their connection.”
US president Donald Trump hosted Tahnoon for dinner at the White House on March 18 and Na -Post In his reality social platform one day later he and Senior US officials Tahnoon discussed “ways for our countries to increase our cooperation for the promotion of our economic and technological futures.”
Tahnoon (left) meeting with Trump (right) at the Oval Office. Source: Donald Trump
The exact details of Tahnoon’s many discussions were not publicly made, but Bloomberg reported On March 19 when people were familiar with his meeting with Trump said he planned to talk about technology, energy and increase The UAE’s Investment in the US.
Multiple posts on Tahnoon’s X account shows him a meeting of commercial secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to discuss trade and investment between the two countries, including chatting with the White House Cost-cutting czar elon musk Through a video call to discuss government systems.
He also spoke about AI with tech executives, including Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
David Sacks (left) meeting with Tahnoon (right) to discuss crypto and AI. Source: Tahnoon bin zayed al nahyan
Bloomberg reported that Tahnoon had planned to discuss how the UAE could get easier to access computer chips after the Biden administration prevented exports of them in 2023 and note the country’s plans to develop tech infrastructure in the US soil.
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Tahnoon is the leader of the MGX firm, who has been reported to have been disposed of $ 7 billion in a $ 500 billion privately led project Called “Stargate” to develop AI data centers across the US, which Trump announced a few days after returning to the White House.
MGX, na Invested in $ 2 billion In Binance earlier this month, was a fraction of a $ 1.5 trillion empire regulated by Tahnoon, which included two of the UAE’s wealth funds, the country’s largest bank, the first bank of Abu Dhabi, and the AI Development Firm G42.
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