Microsoft and OpenAI spar with Elon Musk over $500bn Stargate project

Here's what to know about Trump's Stargate AI deal with OpenAI

The $500 billion Stargate project is projected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Here's what's known so far.

CBS News - 23m

Elon Musk Casts Doubt on Trump’s $100 Billion Stargate A.I. Announcement

Mr. Trump had claimed the A.I. announcement as an early trophy, taking credit for the companies’ decision to spend up to $500 billion building data centers.

The New York Times - 38m

Tech titans bicker over $500bn AI investment announced by Trump

After unveiling of Stargate, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Satya Nadella of Tesla, OpenAI and Microsoft trade barbs. Major tech moguls had their claws out for each other on Wednesday, hissing at their ...

The Guardian - 47m

Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project

Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two billionaires ...

ABC News - 2h

Musk undercuts Trump on Stargate AI investment announcement

Open AI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son appeared alongside President Donald Trump to announce the Stargate plan.

CNBC - 4h

Elon Musk undercuts Trump's Stargate AI investment announcement

Elon Musk claimed overnight Tuesday that tech giants OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank don’t have enough money to fulfill their high-profile pledge to invest $500 billion in U.S. artificial intelligence ...

NBC News - 4h

OpenAI spars with Elon Musk over $500bn Stargate project

Tesla boss in rare break with Donald Trump over AI initiative, saying ‘they don’t actually have the money’

Financial Times - 5h

OpenAI Stargate is a $500B bet: America’s AI Manhattan Project or costly dead end?

OpenAI, Oracle, Softbank and MGX are investing a record amount in new AI infrastructure even as China's DeepSeek outperforms on cost.

VentureBeat - 6h

How Bluesky, Twitter's onetime side project, is challenging Elon Musk's X

Bluesky attracted many X users following the U.S. election in November. The decentralized social media platform has now grown to more than 28 million users.

CNBC - 7h

Microsoft loses status as OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider

Microsoft won't be the sole cloud provider for OpenAI but can decide whether to deliver the capacity or allow another company to do it.

CNBC - 8h

Trump Announces Project Stargate, a Massive New Investment in AI

The venture involves OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle, and starts with an investment of $100 billion.

Inc. - 1d

Tech giants are putting $500bn into 'Stargate' to build up AI in US

Trump has extolled the project as an important investment, but Elon Musk is throwing shade on it.

BBC News - 5h

Musk: 'They don't actually have the money' for Trump-touted Stargate project

Tech billionaire Elon Musk voiced doubts about President Trump's newly announced infrastructure plan for artificial intelligence, claiming the technology companies behind the effort do not yet have ...

The Hill - 7h

SoftBank and OpenAI back sweeping AI infrastructure project in US

Donald Trump calls $100bn initiative a ‘declaration of confidence in America’

Financial Times - 19h

Trump unveils $500bn joint AI venture between OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank

Dubbed Stargate, it aims to construct data centers and infrastructure needed to power AI development. Donald Trump has unveiled what he called “the largest AI infrastructure project in history” – a ...

The Guardian - 23h

Trump announces 'Stargate' AI infrastructure project with 'colossal data centers'

President Trump is joined by Larry Ellison, Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman to announce a new American company that will invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure.

NBC News - 1d

E.U. steps up probe into Elon Musk's X over content moderation

The European Commission said it was stepping up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media network X breached EU rules on content moderation.

NBC News - 5d

Microsoft leaders meet with Trump, Musk at Mar-a-Lago

Microsoft’s top leaders met with President-elect Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. Microsoft CEO Satya ...

The Hill - 6d

Newsom, Cruz spar over executive order barring predatory real estate offers amid fires

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sparred over a California executive order barring predatory real estate offers amid recent wildfires. “Today, I signed an executive order ...

The Hill - 6d

S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk Over Twitter-Related Securities Violations

Regulators filed a lawsuit in federal court stemming from Mr. Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social media company now called X.

The New York Times - Jan. 15

SEC sues Elon Musk over alleged late disclosures on Twitter share deal

Regulator says Trump ally got $150mn discount by not disclosing stake in social media group on time

Financial Times - Jan. 14

Trump's pick Pete Hegseth spars with Democrats over past comments

Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host, will face questions about some of the negative stories that surfaced since Trump named him.

NBC News - Jan. 14

Mapping Elon Musk’s Global Empire

From tunnels to Tesla factories to SpaceX launch facilities, there’s barely a place on Earth that doesn’t feel the gravitational pull of humanity’s wealthiest reply guy.

Wired - Jan. 13

Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk’s space dream.

The Trump ally wants the U.S. to forgo the lunar surface for the red planet. He faces one problem: Congress.

Politico - Jan. 13

The AfD leader’s fawning over Elon Musk should sink her party. Instead, it will boost it | Thomas Verreyer

Alice Weidel’s livestreamed chat with the X owner made for excruciating listening – but even talk of Hitler won’t deter her supporters. Imagine a politician fighting a general election being ...

The Guardian - Jan. 10

$Microsoft’s new rStar-Math technique upgrades small models to outperform OpenAI’s o1-preview at math problems$

Microsoft’s new rStar-Math technique upgrades small models to outperform OpenAI’s o1-preview at math problems

Phi-4 and an rStar-Math paper suggest that compact, specialized models can provide powerful alternatives to the industry’s largest systems.

VentureBeat - Jan. 9

Musk calls on California and Delaware to force auction of OpenAI stake

Latest salvo in legal battle over ChatGPT-maker’s restructuring as a for-profit company

Financial Times - Jan. 9

FirstFT: Elon Musk moves against Keir Starmer

Also in today’s newsletter, corporate borrowers rush to lock in loans and the growing interest in lunar spectrum

Financial Times - Jan. 9

EU Commission urged to act over Elon Musk’s ‘interference’ in elections

MEPs say enforcement of Digital Services Acts has been ‘too slow’, as Musk plans livestream with German far-right politician. The EU executive has been too slow in enforcing a major law intended to ...

The Guardian - Jan. 8

Ros Atkins on...Elon Musk's political interventions

The BBC's Analysis Editor looks at Elon Musk's involvement in politics outside the US.

BBC News - Jan. 7

Elon Musk Is Roiling European Politics

The Trump ally has flooded X with posts criticizing European politicians, causing a diplomatic conundrum for the continent’s leaders.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7

Elon Musk’s Dishonest Demagogy on Grooming Gangs

The billionaire is exploiting old atrocities to undermine his enemies.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

European leaders denounce Elon Musk's influence on the continent

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is getting wide pushback in European capitals as he tries to extend his recent political success in other countries.

NBC News - Jan. 6

Keir Starmer attacks those ‘spreading lies’ over child sex grooming gangs after comments from Elon Musk – UK politics live

Prime minister’s speech announcing NHS reforms derailed by questions over inflammatory claims from Elon Musk. Starmer is now summarising some of the measures in the elective reform plan.. Here is ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

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