Tim Cook, Larry Page, other top leaders to attend Trump's tech meeting

President-elect Donald Trump's technology roundtable on Dec. 14 will include top tech titans from Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and others.

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Recode compiled a list of executives who will be attending the meeting: Alphabet CEO Larry Page; Apple CEO Tim Cook; Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg; Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins; IBM CEO Ginni Rommetty; Intel CEO Brian Krzanich; and Oracle CEO Safra Catz.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is likely to attend, according to Recode's anonymous sources, even though his appearance could be awkward as his Washington Post newspaper has been critical of Trump.

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"I plan to tell the President-elect that we are with him and will help in any way we can," Oracle's Catz said in a statement to Recode. "If he can reform the tax code, reduce regulation and negotiate better trade deals, the U.S. technology industry will be stronger and more competitive than ever."

Invites to the roundtable, which involves Trump team member and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, are still being sent out. The meeting is being held at Trump Tower in New York City.

Exact details of the meeting are unknown. It's likely a chance for Trump's transition team to have an open forum about the next four years in the tech industry.

Several tech leaders, including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook, publicly congratulated Trump for his win in November.

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