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A plan to build a system of data centers for artificial intelligence has been revealed in a White House press conference, with Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman, and Larry Ellison joining Donald Trump to announce The Stargate Project. Their companies, Softbank, OpenAI, and Oracle (respectively), along with MGX are listed as \u201cinitial equity funders\u201d for $500 billion in investments over the next four years, \u201cbuilding new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to a statement from OpenAI<\/a>, \u201cArm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oracle, and OpenAI\u201d are the initial tech partners, with a buildout \u201ccurrently underway\u201d starting in Texas as other sites across the country are evaluated. It also says that \u201cOracle, NVIDIA, and OpenAI will closely collaborate to build and operate this computing system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Separately, Microsoft announced an update<\/a> to its partnership with OpenAI, saying that the key elements of their deal remain in place through 2030, covering \u201cour access to OpenAI\u2019s IP, our revenue sharing arrangements and our exclusivity on OpenAI\u2019s APIs all continuing forward.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a press conference announcing the project, which has been rumored<\/a> since early last year<\/a>, Son and Altman spoke directly to Trump, insisting that the project only happened because of his election victory. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n