President Trump and a bunch of tech leaders (Softbank’s Masayoshi Son, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Oracle‘s Larry Ellison) teamed as much as announce “Stargate” on Tuesday, an AI mega-project that features a $500 billion funding in AI infrastructure to construct information facilities within the U.S.
“Stargate shall be constructing the bodily and digital infrastructure to energy the following technology of developments in AI,” Trump mentioned on the announcement. “And it will embrace the development of colossal information facilities.”
One tech titan who wasn’t part of the reveal was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk—although he did make his voice heard.
In a sequence of late-night posts on X responding to OpenAI, the brand new DOGE chief criticized the plan and claimed the funding is not actually there.
They do not even have the cash
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 22, 2025
“They do not even have the cash,” Musk wrote, including in a follow-up submit that he has it “on good authority” that “SoftBank has nicely below $10B secured.”
Altman, who cofounded OpenAI with Elon Musk (earlier than he left the corporate in 2018), responded that Musk is “incorrect” after which invited him to see the location when it’s underway, as the primary information heart is being inbuilt Texas, the place Musk’s corporations are based mostly.
“That is nice for the nation,” Altman wrote. “I understand what’s nice for the nation is not at all times what’s optimum to your corporations, however in your new function, I hope you may largely put [America] first.”
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Trump touted the plan throughout his announcement Tuesday.
“I feel it is going to be one thing that is very particular. It’s going to result in one thing that might be the most important of all,” Trump mentioned.
Musk and Altman have been buying and selling insults for a while. In March 2024, Musk sued Altman and different OpenAI cofounders, accusing the corporate of breaking its founding settlement.
Since then, there’s been a number of forwards and backwards— each within the courts and on social media.