Trump — who has spent a lot of time surrounded by billionaires during his first year back in the White House — is counting on wealthy business leaders to create economic growth.

The second day of Davos features discussions on AI, EVs, and more. Speakers include Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Salesforce's Marc Benioff.

The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has cancelled his plans to attend the Davos meeting in Switzerland where he was due to deliver a special address, a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday. "The Secretary-General has,

Gavin Newsom delivered a sharp jab at world leaders “rolling over” for Donald Trump at Davos, joking that he “should have brought knee pads.” The California Governor is well-known for sending knee pads to politicians he believes have bowed down to Trump and even sells them on his website.

EY and KPMG executives at Davos said that AI security is a big risk, especially AI agents and, looking ahead, quantum computing.

US President Donald Trump plans to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

At Davos last year, the hype around AI agents was pierced by the shock of DeepSeek’s R1 model, which was released during the conference. We’ll see if a similar bit of news upends the AI narrative again this year.

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos has begun. Billionaires, CEOs, and leaders arrived in the Swiss mountain town.