Elon Musk is already casting doubt on OpenAI’s new, up to $500 billion investment deal with SoftBank (SFTBY) and Oracle (ORCL), despite backing from his allies — including President Donald Trump.

Software stock Oracle (ORCL) is powering the Nasdaq today amid news of its joint venture with SoftBank and OpenAI

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) shares are trading higher premarket on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the company disclosed new AI agents and generative AI features in Oracle Fusion Cloud Sales to enhance sales engagement and streamline processes.

Day two of Donald Trump's second presidency culminated in an announcement that OpenAI, SoftBank Group and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) will form a venture called Stargate and invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure across the United States, though how much of that was already long planned is anyone's guess.

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Oracle's stock surges 8.51% after Trump announces $500B AI initiative, solidifying its role as a key AI provider. CEO Ellison's stake also rises.

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk cast doubt Wednesday on the ambitious $500 billion Project Stargate, hours after its announcement, claiming lead investor SoftBank Group SFTBY -0.36% + Free Alerts SFTBF + Free Alerts has “well under $10B secured.”

Microsoft on Tuesday said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan's SoftBank Group to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.

Oracle stock jumped 6% on a report that Trump plans to announce billions of dollars in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later.

U.S. stocks were rising on Wednesday morning with the major stock averages seeing their third day of gains as investors digested a slew of robust corporate earnings and President Donald Trump's new initiative on artificial intelligence.