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Inside OpenAI's Stargate Megafactory with Sam Altman | The Circuit

Emily Chang visits the Stargate site in Abilene, Texas for an exclusive first look at the historic $500 billion bet on the future of AI, announced by President Trump the day after his inauguration.

 She speaks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman & Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son about why they have partnered, along with Oracle, to build one of the largest AI data centers in the world. 


00:00 - Stargate intro

02:01 - Touring Stargate

04:03 - Big Tech AI race

05:09 - Sam Altman’s vision

06:22 - SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

07:47 - Crusoe founding story

12:03 - Touring Data center

13:23 - OpenAI Studio Ghibli moment

16:14 - Energy challenges

20:35 - Bloomberg reporter reflection

24:19 - Risks

28:18 - Abilene local perspective

34:28 - AI and jobs

36:01 - Trump tariffs

40:00 - Booms and busts

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