Two of the most powerful tech leaders in the world, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are not exactly fans of the $500 billion Stargate AI initiative announced by Trump this week.

SIGN UP for TheStreet’s FREE Daily newsletter 💰💸 Elon Musk has never avoided getting into arguments with other high-profile figures. He’s publicly insulted politicians such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and lashed out at X users with opinions he doesn’t share.

Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman shared a longstanding feud ever since Musk, who co-founded OpenAI with Altman in 2015, split from the company.

Some of the biggest names in technology have clashed after President Donald Trump unveiled his $500 billion private AI investment project.

The development is the latest after Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and the chief of Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency, announced on X that SoftBank has only under $10 billion to invest in Stargate.

Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, “First Buddy” Elon Musk tried to tear it down.

The Stargate project, led by OpenAI's Sam Altman - to build the "world's largest AI infrastructure" - was announced by Donald Trump at a special press conference at the White House. Elon Musk, however,

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that the money Elon Musk referred to is for building useful things and not 'hyping' AI.

Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump.