"Stargate" reveals cracks in the White House! Musk questions participants' lack of money, Ultraman retorts: Come to the scene if you dare.
23/01/2025
GMT Eight
US President Donald Trump is promoting a project called "Stargate" for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, in which a joint venture of Oracle Corporation (ORCL.US), OpenAI, and SoftBank Group of Japan will invest 500 billion dollars. However, Elon Musk publicly questioned the ability of these companies to fulfill their promises, leading to a backlash from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. This fierce confrontation has exposed preliminary signs of internal rifts within the White House.
A few hours after the announcement of "Stargate", Musk wrote on the social media platform X: "They actually don't have the money. I have reliable intelligence that SoftBank's financing guarantee is far less than 100 billion dollars."
It is understood that Trump, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Oracle Corporation's Larry Ellison announced this cooperation plan at the White House under the name "Stargate." They stated that they will deploy 100 billion dollars immediately, with the ultimate goal of investing 500 billion dollars to build data centers and physical campuses.
Trump said: "To me, this is a very important thing. I think this will be a very special thing."
Altman refuted Musk's comments on X on Wednesday, stating that Musk's perspective is "wrong, would you like to visit the first (data center) site as it's being built?" Altman also hinted that Musk may feel uneasy because this agreement could potentially compete with the billionaire's own artificial intelligence project.
Doubts about "Stargate"
This public argument highlights some potential conflicts