Elon Musk And Sam Altman Clash Over $500 Billion Stargate Ai Plan Touted By Trump: 'don't Have The Money'

President Trump and a large of tech leaders (Softbank's Masayoshi Son, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Oracle's Larry Ellison) teamed up to denote "Stargate" connected Tuesday, an AI mega-project that includes a $500 cardinal finance successful AI infrastructure to build accusation centers successful nan U.S.

"Stargate will beryllium building nan beingness and virtual infrastructure to powerfulness nan adjacent procreation of advancements successful AI," Trump said astatine nan announcement. "And this will spot nan building of colossal accusation centers."

One tech titan who wasn't a information of nan uncover was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk—though he did make his sound heard.

In a bid of late-night posts connected X responding to OpenAI, nan caller DOGE leader criticized nan strategy and claimed nan backing isn't really there.

They don't really personification nan money

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 22, 2025

"They don't really personification nan money," Musk wrote, adding successful a follow-up station that he has it "on bully authority" that "SoftBank has bully nether $10B secured."

Altman, who cofounded OpenAI pinch Elon Musk (before he adjacent nan institution successful 2018), responded that Musk is "wrong" and past invited him to spot nan tract erstwhile it is underway, arsenic nan first accusation halfway is being built successful Texas, wherever Musk's companies are based.

"This is awesome for nan country," Altman wrote. "I admit what is awesome for nan authorities isn't ever what's optimal for your companies, but successful your caller role, I dream you'll mostly put [America] first."

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Trump touted nan strategy during his announcement Tuesday.

"I deliberation it's going to beryllium point that's very special. It'll lead to point that could beryllium nan biggest of all," Trump said.

Musk and Altman personification been trading insults for immoderate time. In March 2024, Musk sued Altman and different OpenAI cofounders, accusing nan institution of breaking its founding agreement.

Since then, there's been tons of backmost and forth— immoderate successful nan courts and connected societal media.

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