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OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle and MGX announce Stargate

Announced Stargate — $500 billion over 4 years, with $100 billion deployed immediately

Why it matters

The symbolic starting point of the private AI infrastructure capex cycle

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialopenai.comhttps://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/

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