SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 billion AI project has a rocky start

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22 Jul 2025 10:33:48 AM
People familiar with the matter said SoftBank and OpenAI had disagreements over key terms of their collaboration on Stargate, including the location.
SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 billion AI project has a rocky start

According to the Wall Street Journal, the White House announced a $500 billion Stargate plan earlier to strengthen the United States' ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence, but the plan has been difficult to start and the recent plan has been greatly reduced.

People familiar with the matter revealed that SoftBank and OpenAI have disagreements on key terms of the cooperation "Stargate", including the location issue.

People familiar with the matter said that while the two companies promised to invest $100 billion "immediately" in their January statement, the project now sets a more modest goal of building a small data center by the end of this year, possibly in Ohio.

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