Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming US President Donald Trump’s big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment
SoftBank Group Corp., OpenAI, and Oracle Corp. are forming a $100 billion joint venture to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure, an effort unveiled with President Donald Trump aimed at speeding development of the emerging technology.
SOFTBANK Group and OpenAI each plan to commit US$19 billion of capital to Stargate, the US$100 billion US artificial intelligence (AI) endeavour President Donald Trump unveiled this week, the Information reported.
The president said it will be the largest AI infrastructure ever built and that it will help counter technology threats from China and other countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on January 21 that Japan's SoftBank Group, Open AI and Oracle will together
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has expressed doubts about the financial viability of the USD 500 billion Stargate AI Project, a collaboration between OpenAI and SoftBank Group. Musk questioned SoftBank's ability to fund the massive initiative,
Elon Musk is already casting doubt on OpenAI’s new, up to $500 billion investment deal with SoftBank (SFTBY) and Oracle (ORCL), despite backing from his allies — including President Donald Trump.
The Trump Administration has announced an AI infrastructure joint venture in the U.S. named “Stargate,” comprised of OpenAI, SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBF) (OTC:SFTBY), Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL), and Abu Dhabi’s MGX.
If the pledge of $100 billion upfront and another $400 billion in the coming years is real, and if it is spread equally at $125 billion a year, that would be more than the combined global capex of Meta, Microsoft, and Google. Stargate is just US-focused and likely won't have a huge office budget.
Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.
Some of the biggest names in technology have clashed after President Donald Trump unveiled his $500 billion private AI investment project. Earlier this week, Trump announced a joint venture with OpenAI,