President Trump has announced a major AI initiative called "Stargate" -- but the firms involved have DEI policies that go against his goal of eliminating such programs.

President Donald Trump backs Project Stargate, as China's DeepSeek launches rival AI models, intensifying the US-China AI race.

One further force promoting AI innovation could be defence spending. America puts only a tiny fraction of its $850bn defence budget into AI. Silicon Valley executives hope that the Trump administration will allow more participation by startups building AI weapons and systems in the competition for defence contracts.

President Donald Trump announced a new partnership with SoftBank, Oracle and OpenAI that will invest $500 billion in artificial intelligence over the next four years.

Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for the fast-developing technology.

Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing Joe Biden’s guardrails

Stargate — the joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle — is starting its AI infrastructure plans with 10 data centers in Texas.

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.

Hearst Newspapers conducted an AI-driven analysis to compare Donald Trump's 2025 speech to the one he delivered in 2017, and to Obama's and Biden's.

The president answered questions from the press after announcing a $500 billion initiative on artificial intelligence infrastructure with Big Tech executives.