Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the infrastructure project to build data centers for OpenAI in the U.S.

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has announced a shift in his previously critical perspective on President Donald Trump. Newsweek has contacted OpenAI and the White House for comment via email. Altman's announcement came one day after Trump named OpenAI,

Elon Musk threw shade at OpenAI’s Sam Altman on Tuesday after his rival took center stage at the White House to unveil his ambitious $500 billion “Stargate” AI infrastructure project.

Joint venture Stargate will be building out data centers and beefing up electricity generation to support the fast-evolving artificial intelligence scene.

About 875 acres in Abilene, or roughly the size of New York’s Central Park, have been set aside to construct data centers, according to city documents seen

Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Larry Ellison of Oracle joined Trump for the $500 billion announcement.

Stargate — the joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle — is starting its AI infrastructure plans with 10 data centers in Texas.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle founder Larry Ellison and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son comment on President Trump’s Stargate AI investment project in an interview with FOX News anchor Bret Baier on ‘Special Report.

Since then, Musk hasn’t hidden his anger with Altman and OpenAI. He’s currently suing the company over its decision to become a for-profit corporation, and he regularly trolls the company on X—the platform he bought for $44 billion back in 2022. All of which is why the past week has been hilarious.

Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman differ over the Stargate AI project proposed by Donald Trump, which aims to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure. Musk, the CEO of Tesla, questions the necessity of the funding while Altman defends the project as beneficial for the US.

OpenAI's Stargate Project promises to build AI data centers and clean energy facilities across the U.S., creating 100,000 jobs. But will those promises be kept?

WASHINGTON — President Trump unveiled a $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure project Tuesday at the White House alongside reps from three tech and investment giants — with those business leaders asserting the initiative could cure cancer.