Though Altman said he likely wouldn’t agree with Trump on “everything,” the OpenAI CEO said he believes “he will be incredible for the country in many ways.”

OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and MGX are the lead partners in Stargate, according to OpenAI.

Musk’s criticisms have escalated into legal actions. In February, he filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of breaching its nonprofit mandate. Although the lawsuit was withdrawn in June, Musk refiled it in August, further intensifying the conflict.

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 Musk's influence with the new president.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on January 21 that Japan's SoftBank Group, Open AI and Oracle will together

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.

The Stargate project has big implications for U.S. AI leadership, but also for who's winning the new president's ear.

"I genuinely respect your accomplishments and think you are the most inspiring entrepreneur of our time," Altman wrote in an X post to Musk.

Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are in a dispute over the Stargate AI project proposed by Donald Trump, which aims to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure. Musk questions the necessity of the funding while Altman defends the project as beneficial for the country.

OpenAI and SoftBank have both committed $19 billion each to the Stargate venture worth $500 billion to build AI data centres in the U.S.