Trump team to talk tech with Silicon Valley leaders

The invitation came from Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a real estate mogul who has made some technology investments; Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist who was an early and vocal supporter of Trump’s candidacy; and Reince Priebus, Trump’s designated chief of staff.

A spokeswoman for Facebook declined to comment on whether any of its executives would attend, and representatives for Apple and Alphabet did not respond to a request for comment.

After Trump’s victory, some executives of large technology companies offered conciliatory remarks.

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, who wrote an open letter to Trump after his election, was among those he named last week to an economic advisory panel that will begin meeting with him in February.

Peter Leroe-Muñoz, vice president of tech and innovation policy for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, said he is hopeful that the industry can create a productive relationship with the president-elect, even though he was not its choice.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, seems to be working to improve relations with conservative groups.

“As a member of Google’s Public Policy outreach team, you will act as Google’s liaison to conservative, libertarian and free market groups,” the listing reads.

While it is good that the president-elect is reaching out to the tech community … the proof is still in the pudding in how Trump’s presidency will communicate with, deal with, and work with the greater technology community.