One of the Trump White House's first big announcements aligned itself with the artificial intelligence boom. In a splashy announcement on his second day in office, President Trump told Americans that a new $500 billion project — backed by SoftBank (SFTBY),

The $60 to $65 billion in projected capital expenditures this year is more than double the $27 billion Meta spent in 2023.

Stargate, the joint venture by OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to develop data centers for artificial intelligence in the U.S., will exclusively serve ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.