President Trump and a number 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 knowledge facilities within the U.S.
“Stargate might be constructing the bodily and digital infrastructure to energy the subsequent era of developments in AI,” Trump said on the announcement. “And it will embrace the development of colossal knowledge 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 collection of late-night posts on X responding to OpenAI, the brand new DOGE leader 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 post that he has it “on good authority” that “SoftBank has effectively beneath $10B secured.”
Altman, who cofounded OpenAI with Elon Musk (earlier than he left the corporate in 2018), responded that Musk is “fallacious” after which invited him to see the location when it’s underway, as the primary knowledge heart is being inbuilt Texas, the place Musk’s corporations are based mostly.
“That is nice for the nation,” Altman wrote. “I notice 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 principally put [America] first.”
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Trump touted the plan throughout his announcement Tuesday.
“I feel it may be one thing that is very particular. It will result in one thing that may very well 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 plenty of forwards and backwards— each in the courts and on social media.
