U.S. President Donald Trump announced on January 21 that Japan's SoftBank Group, Open AI and Oracle will together

US tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are taking a prominent place in the new Trump era, but another player from another era -- Oracle boss Larry Ellison -- is making a surprise return.

The $500 billion Stargate project will be critical to "maintain American leadership in AI," one of the partners said in a statement.

Yes, that's the name of a 1994 Roland Emmerich movie. It's now a big infrastructure project to help power tech giants' foray into AI.

The two companies would then both own 40% of Stargate, the tech outlet said, citing comments by Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman to colleagues

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle founder Larry Ellison and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son comment on President Trump’s Stargate AI investment project in an interview with FOX News anchor Bret Baier on ‘Special Report.

Larry Ellison unveiled plans for an AI-driven cancer vaccine system that could deliver personalized treatments within 48 hours.

The Trump Administration has announced an AI infrastructure joint venture in the U.S. named “Stargate,” comprised of OpenAI, SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBF) (OTC:SFTBY), Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL), and Abu Dhabi’s MGX.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a major investment to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) led by Japan’s Softbank Group Corp, cloud giant Oracle Corp and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.

SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle are launching a $500 billion joint venture named Stargate to fund AI infrastructure in the U.S. The initiative, praised by President Trump, aims to deploy $100 billion immediately for projects like data centers and cancer research.

During a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump floated the idea of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok, while also proposing that the U.S. government take a significant share of the transaction.