Trump trotted out Masa’s line about 50,000 new jobs and $50 billion of investment in the U.S. Masa beamed into the TV cameras, but grew flustered when one of the American reporters confused him with Terry Gou, the Foxconn boss. “No, no, no,” said Masa. “I am Masayoshi Son, and SoftBank is not a bank.”
Trump was joined by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, who said the investment would start with $100 billion, plus a goal of $500
President Donald Trump talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to AI by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.
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.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a White House press conference on President Donald Trump's plan for AI infrastructure investment. MASA SON, SOFTBANK: Oh, thank you. That would be helpful. That's good.
The $500 billion Stargate Initiative — led by Trump, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle — is set to revolutionize U.S. AI infrastructure.
Elon Musk “very much” overstepped his bounds when he criticized a $500 billion artificial intelligence project touted by President Donald Trump, according to a White House official as aides are reportedly “furious” with the tech mogul while allies lament that he “abused the proximity to the president.”
The initiative announced by President Donald Trump will aim to "secure American leadership in AI" while also creating jobs and economic benefit.
Yes, that's the name of a 1994 Roland Emmerich movie. It's now a big infrastructure project to help power tech giants' foray into AI.
Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.
Here are the top takeaways from Trump’s press conference. One of Trump’s first executive actions as the 47th president of the nation was to grant pardons and commutations to all of the defendants convicted over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, sparking criticism from Democrats who denounced the move.
President Trump and Elon Musk aren’t an exclusive item. That point was clear this week when the president welcomed OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman to the White House on the second day of Trump 2.0—a visit that left “First Buddy" Musk publicly fuming.