Trump Announces $500 Billion Investment to Build AI Infrastructure
By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 announced $500 billion in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle will invest in the infrastructure through their joint venture, Stargate. Trump described it as the “largest AI infrastructure project by far in history.
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