Can the $500B Stargate Project secure U.S. AI dominance? This is a 21st-century moonshot the U.S. cannot afford to miss.

Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two tech billionaires that started on OpenAI's board and is now testing Musk's influence with the new president.

The $500 billion Stargate project is projected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Here's what's known so far.

Instead of relying on specialized APIs, the system uses screenshots for visual input and virtual mouse and keyboard actions to complete tasks.

With its MIT license and ultra-low costs, DeepSeek could be an appealing and cost-effective option for enterprise adoption.

The new agreement “includes changes to the exclusivity on new capacity, moving to a model where Microsoft has a right of first refusal (ROFR),” Microsoft says. “To further support OpenAI, Microsoft has approved OpenAI’s ability to build additional capacity, primarily for research and training of models.”

In this edition of TC's AI newsletter, This Week in AI, we talk about OpenAI's new Stargate joint venture and what it means for AI rivals.

OpenAI just launched Operator, an AI agent capable of performing tasks autonomously, including filling out forms and ordering groceries.

AI is exciting, powerful, and controversial, and some critics doubt the tech delivers on its promise. But the next big wave of AI ‘agents’ may prove genuinely helpful.

OpenAI and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank will each commit $19 billion to fund a joint venture to develop data centers for artificial intelligence in the U.S., the Information reported on Wednesday, citing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking to colleagues.

President Trump unveiled the AI initiative on Tuesday alongside the executives of OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank.