Trump tells tech bosses that he is 'here to help'

US president-elect Donald Trump met with a group of the most influential technology bosses on the planet on Wednesday in a summit to discuss a variety of issues relating to the industry.

Despite fears from many in the sector during the Republican's campaign for the White House that their companies would suffer from his trade and immigration policies, Trump offered a helping hand to the likes of Tim Cook, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

The chief executives of Apple, Tesla and Amazon were all present at the two-hour meeting, as well as representation from Facebook, Intel and Microsoft. Social network Twitter was one of the notable absentees from the meeting, which was held in Trump Tower in Manhattan.

"This is a truly amazing group of people," Trump said at the beginning of the meeting, which was open to media before a private discussion.

"I'm here to help you folks do well," he told the 13-strong group of executives, with members of his transition team and his children also present.

Trump added that he wanted to oversee the continuation of the rise of the US tech industry during his tenure as president.

"Perhaps even more importantly we want you to keep going with the incredible innovation. There's nobody like you in the world, and anything we can do to help this go along, we're going to be there for you."