For much of the 2010s, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) stock went nowhere as the legacy tech giant struggled to deliver growth and fell behind the faster growing tech stocks now known as the "Magnificent Seven." However,
Trump announced a $500 billion joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank, MGX and Oracle to build new datacenters to power the next wave of AI.
Meta agreed to a $25 million settlement over a 2021 lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against Meta for suspending his accounts after the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news, and Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the settlement to The Verge.
Some of the funding would be used to help cover OpenAI’s $18 billion commitment to the recently announced Stargate project.
Earlier this week, he unveiled perhaps the most ambitious infrastructure project in history—and all but dedicated it to Sam Altman.
OpenAI itself has been accused of building ChatGPT by inappropriately accessing content it didn't have the rights to.
Such announcements aren’t without political risks, as OpenAI learned when Trump adviser Elon Musk criticized the deal on the social network he owns.
The president joined leaders from OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank to launch the ambitious project, but questions remain about its implementation, offerings and timeline.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House on Friday, when they will discuss AI and chips as well as the industry's energy needs.
Chinese startup DeepSeek published a research paper in which it claimed to have trained a large language model rivaling the performance of leading U.S. models, while spending much less money than U.S.