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Stargate, a high -level project for artificial intelligence infrastructure, promoted by Donald Trump this week, will serve exclusively Openai, Chatgpt maker, according to people familiar with the matter.

The project plans to spend $ 100 billion on Great technology Openai and Softbank, the main supporters of Stargate, said on Tuesday that infrastructure projects, with the number to up to up to $ 500 billion over the next four years. Oracle and the AI ​​of the Abu Dhabi MGX government is also one of the founding partners as well.

Trump He praised the initiative backed by SoftBank On Tuesday, at a White House event attended by Openaii President Sam Altman and other technology executives as “a resounding declaration of confidence in the capabilities of America in the shadow of a new president.”

Despite the flashy announcement, Stargit has not yet obtained the funding you need, and you will not receive any government financing and will only work Openai Once you are completed, the people familiar with the initiative said.

One person said: “The goal is not to become a provider of data centers for the world, but for Openai.”

Another person close to the project said that he is far from being a fully developed plan: “They did not discover the temple, did not discover funding, and did not abide by the money.”

SoftBank and Openai plans to provide more than $ 15 billion each to the project. Companies are hoped to collect a group of shares of their current supporters and debts, which will be used to finance Stargate. Tokyo -based SoftBank will also pump the money in Stargate, according to a person.

Openai and Softbank rejected the comment.

Altamman has spent more than a year working to enhance Openai’s access to data and computer capacity, which is the bottleneck that believes that it should be overcome if the company wants to achieve its goal of creating artificial intelligence capable of outperforming humans in most cognitive skills, to replace them in the workforce . And pushing the limits of scientific research.

This means looking beyond Openai’s exclusive relationship with Microsoft. The group, which has invested $ 13 billion in Openai and has the right to obtain nearly half of the profits from the start -up company, provides technological support for Stargate, but not the capital.

Microsoft launched its private artificial intelligence infrastructure fund with a value of $ 30 billion with the Black Rock director in September last year, and CEO Satia Nadella said on Wednesday that his company will spend $ 80 billion on infrastructure this year, separately from Stargit.

Altman was talking to Softbank Massayoshi Son president for up to two years on artificial intelligence projects, including New artificial intelligence deviceAccording to people familiar with discussions.

Softbank also invested in Openai during a $ 6.6 billion money raising tour in October, which estimated the value of the startup at $ 157 billion, and the Financial Times reported that the Japanese group Plan for an additional purchase $ 1.5 billion of shares in the company in November. Sun and Atman began detailed talks about Stargate in the months before the announcement of this week, according to two people who are directly familiar with it.

While Altamman’s infrastructure plans were under implementation for more than a year, “the idea of ​​announcing it in the White House has not been in implementation since 2010.” [as long]According to a person familiar with the project.

Another person participating in the project said: “There is a real intention to do so, but the details have not been clarified yet.” “People want to do dazzling things in the first week of Trump’s office.”

Stargate was established in Dilayer, where Openai, SoftBank, Oracle and MGX acquired classes in the company. The group will appoint an independent executive and independent board of directors, according to persons familiar with the plans.

A person familiar with the project said that the company will be divided into an operating unit, charged with building and operating databases and headed by Openai, and a unit responsible for increasing capital, run by SoftBank.

Work is already underway in the first facility in Abelene, Texas.

CRUSOE emerging for data centers has been building this facility for Oracle since June 2023. CRUSOE has received $ 3.4 billion in Blue Owl in October to help finance its development. Oracle is expected to buy about $ 7 billion in chips to run its location in Texas, and this computer power will provide Microsoft, which will be used to operate Openai.

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