Jeffrey Katzenberg's invite-only WNDR26 confab wrapped up its fifth year at the Rosewood Miramar in Montecito — poolside Bieber concert, Chris Rock judging a Lego competition, Oprah interviewing a Chanel CEO. Press barred. No social media allowed. No plus-ones, either.
The guest list reads like a cap table that owns Washington: NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, Palantir's Alex Karp, Alibaba's Joe Tsai, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Anduril's Palmer Luckey. Said one attendee: "It's the head of every major tech company, and then a handful of celebrities like Oprah, Bieber, Kendrick and the rest are AI billionaires."
Some say these are just rich people having fun. The deeper issue is that the same men setting your drug prices, your streaming bills, and your kid's feed are coordinating off the record — then walking back into boardrooms that set policy for the rest of us.