Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.
Sam Altman's comments came amid a flurry of online exchanges between himself, Musk, and Microsoft over the $500 billion Stargate Project announced by Trump.
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 billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing
Altman said that a project like Stargate might not have been possible with "a different president."
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has publicly expressed his support for President Donald Trump. This revelation comes years after he praised LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman for stopping his re-election. What Happened: Altman disclosed that his perspective on President Trump has evolved.
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,
President Donald Trump talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to AI by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.
Earlier this week, he unveiled perhaps the most ambitious infrastructure project in history—and all but dedicated it to Sam Altman.
After being asked if he was bothered by Elon Musk bashing his Stargate deal, Trump said he also had "certain hatreds for people."
Steve Bannon, the former Trump aide and Maga guru, called Musk “out of control”, saying he “should not reverse what the president’s already talked about”. It seemed like the first hint of a long-predicted wedge between the leader of the free world and the world’s richest man.
It was an eye-popping crack in the Donald/Elon bromance, which is being watched closely now that Trump has given Musk the power to roam the West Wing, where he is working out of an office on the second floor, and take a hatchet to government.