Despite the White House's reevaluation of Saudi Arabian relations, U.S. executives and billionaire investors are mingling and making deals at a conference nicknamed 'Davos in the Desert.'
Former President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Fatez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images
There are panels at the conference on artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, tourism and hospitality, and investing. Other speakers include Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and Ben Horowitz, one of the world's best-known venture capitalists. This week, there are opportunities to broker deals on the sidelines of the conference, but Young says the conference is above all else a public relations tool.
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