Oracle founder Larry Ellison said the Stargate project, a joint venture with OpenAI and Softbank, will help to fuel the development of a cancer vaccine.

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.”

Oracle stock took off as President Trump announced the Stargate AI infrastructure project. Read why I maintain my buy rating for ORCL stock.

President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new investment push for artificial intelligence led by Softbank Group Corp., OpenAI LLC, and Oracle Corp., with the three companies preparing to announce a joint venture worth billions of dollars.

Oracle shares have performed like some of the tech giants that have driven the market’s gains for the past two years

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.

Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said OpenAI, Oracle (ORCL) and Softbank (SFTBY) “don’t actually have the money” to back up their pledge

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We may now know roughly how much money SoftBank and OpenAI are contributing toward Stargate, OpenAI's massive data center project.

Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

As news trickled out about President Trump's announcement of a new $500 billion Stargate joint venture focused on artificial-intelligence infrastructure, some potential beneficiaries emerged. Companies such as Oracle Corp.