Two of the most powerful tech leaders in the world, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are not exactly fans of the $500 billion Stargate AI initiative announced by Trump this week.

Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, “First Buddy” Elon Musk tried to tear it down.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman shared a longstanding feud ever since Musk, who co-founded OpenAI with Altman in 2015, split from the company.

The development is the latest after Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and the chief of Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency, announced on X that SoftBank has only under $10 billion to invest in Stargate.

SIGN UP for TheStreet’s FREE Daily newsletter 💰💸 Elon Musk has never avoided getting into arguments with other high-profile figures. He’s publicly insulted politicians such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and lashed out at X users with opinions he doesn’t share.

It’s the latest clash 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.

Elon Musk said the Federal Trade Commission’s concern over Microsoft's (MSFT) $13B investment in OpenAI “confirms” his claims that the agreement between the startup and technology giant is anticompeti

Trump's Stargate AI initiative has resulted in backlash, including from Elon Musk. But what is it and how could it affect Australian AI?

As 2024 was drawing to a close, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced two major problems. He wasn’t getting enough server capacity from Microsoft, his company’s biggest backer, to stay ahead of rivals developing artificial intelligence.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested Elon Musk cares more about his businesses than he does the country, shortly after he referred to Musk as "the most inspiring entrepreneur of our time."