Planning for the White House meeting started weeks ago and will be the first time the two men have met. The topic of discussion will be AI policy, Barron’s has learned.

The meeting comes amid broad anxiety about the success of a Chinese artificial intelligence app called DeepSeek.

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to discuss restricting AI chip sales to China amid growing concerns over China's advancements in AI. DeepSeek's AI app success has intensified worries,

CEO Jensen Huang and U.S. President Donald Trump are set to meet today, according to a Bloomberg report citing an unnamed source.

The meeting comes after reports that the Trump administration is studying new ways to restrict AI chip sales to China

Meanwhile, a slew of other tech executives including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are reportedly set to attend the events on Monday.

CEO Elon Musk, Amazon (AMZN) founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos, Meta Platforms (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are set to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration this Monday, January 20. One notable chief executive who won't be at the Inauguration Day: Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang.

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and even TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew are among the powerful tech leaders lined up to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, but Nvidia’s CEO won’t be joining them.

The CEO also confirmed plans to attend similar celebrations in Beijing next week, as part of Nvidia’s efforts to engage with its workforce and partners across Asia.

President Donald Trump will meet with Nvidia Corp. chief executive Jensen Huang at the White House on Friday, according to people familiar, days after a new Chinese AI model from DeepSeek sparked concern among technology industry leaders and tanked the US stock market.