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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-09-17-pm/
- Published: 2026-09-17T23:09:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T23:09:50.000Z
- Description: The day’s biggest tell was a guest list. Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and Tim Cook are all confirmed for next week’s White House state dinner with Xi Jinping. Their attendance signals who’s actually steering AI policy right now.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

The day's biggest tell was a guest list. Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and Tim Cook are all confirmed for next week's White House state dinner with Xi Jinping. Their attendance signals who's actually steering AI policy right now.

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#### [Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook to attend Trump-Xi state dinner](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/openai-s-altman-to-attend-trump-dinner-with-chinese-president?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4OTU5OTc1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzkwMjA0NTUwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTEg4VENUOTZPU0cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI1QUY5RjI5QkFCREI0RERFQUIyRTcwNzU0RERFRTQwNSJ9.G6VlnipsOMOaDwmrVNt8gCYPGKiMde8AgB5MgldHFDM&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

The same week the WSJ reports Zuckerberg, Huang, and Musk personally talked Trump out of an AI regulatory push — the dinner table doubles as the lobby. *(Bloomberg)*

#### [Google ordered to open up its ad tech to rivals](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/technology/google-ad-tech-remedies.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.B1E.SsQr.T6FLVlhWlHp9&smid=url-share&ref=adjacent.media)

A federal judge wants interoperability, shared auction data, and a monitor watching Google's homework — the remedies phase just got teeth. *(NYT)*

#### [Generac locks in $8B deal to power Amazon's data centers](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/generac-shares-jump-on-8-billion-amazon-data-center-supply-pact?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Amazon gets backup generators at scale, Generac gets a decade of demand certainty, and everyone gets a reminder that AI infrastructure runs on diesel as much as silicon. *(Bloomberg)*

#### [Manus nears $4B valuation months after Meta buyout collapsed](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-17/manus-eyes-4-billion-value-in-first-round-since-meta-breakup?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Beijing blocked the $2B Meta deal, and Manus is coming back bigger anyway — sometimes getting jilted produces a better outcome. *(Bloomberg)*

> “GPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns.” — *The Register*