- CoreWeave and Microsoft are partnering on the Stargate platform to develop 4.5 GW of data center capacity, with the initial site located in Abilene, Texas.
- White House unveils Stargate AI initiative, backed by Microsoft, with OpenAI leasing Oracle capacity and partnering with Cisco for the Abilene facility.
AWS, Masayoshi Son, and others co-chair the $500 billion Stargate AI infrastructure initiative, while SpaceX files for Grok authorization.
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Updated Jun 28
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AWS, Masayoshi Son, and others co-chair the $500 billion Stargate AI infrastructure initiative, while SpaceX files for Grok authorization.
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Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- AI agents are rapidly gaining market share, and top U.S. companies are involved in critical AI risk assessments.Sub-event
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White House unveils Stargate AI initiative, backed by Microsoft, with OpenAI leasing Oracle capacity and partnering with Cisco for the Abilene facility.Also in this story
- Oracle, OpenAI, and Microsoft are utilizing Crusoe's campus in Abilene, which is based in the greater Abilene area.
- Oracle and OpenAI are deepening their partnership in the Stargate AI project, securing a $30bn deal and expanding infrastructure.
- OpenAI is leasing data center power from Oracle, which is expanding its capacity at sites in Abilene, Michigan, and Georgia.
The entities involved
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Amazon Web Services
subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis
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OpenAI
American artificial intelligence research organization
- Leaders call for international cooperation on AI risks, tech leaders call for oversight, and the CMA proposes stricter search engine choice requirements.
- Experts, including Dario Amodei at Cornell University, warned about the power and limits of AI, specifically citing risks of AI taking control of the internet.
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Grok
website
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- Microsoft holds a valuable equity stake in OpenAI, while Grok 4.6 challenges market leadership and is backed by SpaceX infrastructure.
- xAI developed the AI chatbot Grok, which is now involved in a deepening partnership with Tesla for integration into EVs, having also surpassed OpenAI in AI benchmarks.
- AMD, humain, Amazon Web Services, and Cisco announced a joint venture to deploy AI compute infrastructure and launch a cloud region.
- SpaceX acquired xAI, which operates the Grok AI model, intensifying competition with OpenAI in the AI boom.
- Grok's AI activities are identified as key value drivers, leading to analyst ratings and price targets from financial institutions.