In the inauguration of President Trump, Sam -German, CEO of Openai, was landed to the surplus room while other technical billionaires such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg took major sites on Dais under Capitol Rotonda.
But a few days ago, before flying to Washington, Mr. German was on the phone with Mr. Trump, which is an advertisement that would surpass Mr. Musk and put the German company in the center of the agenda of the new artificial intelligence management.
In the 25 -minute invitation, Mr. Germans appealed to Mr. Trump’s love for a great story and great approval. Mr. Al-Tamman, the elected president, told the technology industry to achieve artificial general intelligence-the virtual moment in which technology is identical to human intelligence-during the Trump administration, according to three people who are familiar with the invitation. To get there before competitors from China, Openai, Oracle and Softbank completed a $ 100 billion deal to build databases throughout the country.
After the day after the opening, Mr. German stood behind Mr. Trump in the Roosevelt room at the White House Mr. Trump announced the dealIt is called Stargate, describing it as “the largest project for Amnesty International’s infrastructure in history.”
Stargit was in business months ago, but Mr. Tamman and his partners were at the time of advertising to allow Mr. Trump to credit him in his early days in his position.
“We will not be able to do this without you, Mr. President.”
Since Mr. Trump has been elected, billionaires have gathered in Silicon Valley to influence the new administration. None of them was more successful than Mr. Musk, who supported the Trump campaign with more than $ 250 million than his money, and it seems that he now has the ability to Reducing jobs and budgets throughout the federal government.
Mr. Trump’s election and Mr. Musk’s internal status with the new administration could have been the closure of the door on the influence of Mr. Taman in Washington. Mr. Taman, 39, was a long -term democratic donor and a loud critic of Mr. Trump during his first term. What’s more, was near the top of the list of Mr. Musk’s enemies. The two were Once he fought for OpenaiAnd They are still fighting in court. Mr. Musk also He created his artificial intelligence company To compete with Mr. German.
Mr. Altman managed to outperform Mr. Musk and make Openai the axis of the fledgling AI agenda in the new administration to stay in China was a testimony of Mr. Altman’s talent in changing shapes and about two decades of deals in the Silicon Valley. She also showed a look at Mr. Trump’s flexible loyalties when it comes to attracting, as well as the limits of Mr. Musk’s ability to influence the technology policy.
Even before the presidential elections, Mr. Germans worked quietly on his way to Mr. Trump’s internal circle, according to interviews with more than ten people familiar with Mr. German’s campaign to beat Mr. Trump. There were not many details of that engagement, which lasted for several months, before.
In a statement sent via e -mail to the New York Times, Openai Burgua spokeswoman said that the company is looking to work with President Trump Insurance. “
The White House did not respond to suspension requests.
Mr. Al -Taman bent over relationships with Doug Burgoum, Governor of North Dakota and Mr. Trump’s candidate in the end of the Interior Minister, and two allies in Trump: Larry Ellison, co -founder of the Software Company Oracle, and Masyoshi Sun, founder of the Japanese Softbank.
During the Biden administration, Mr. Al -Taman has become a familiar face in WashingtonA meeting with White House officials and a group of two parties from the two parties to direct artificial intelligence regulations. He continued regularly, through a special text topic with Trade Minister Gina Raymondo, according to a person with an arrangement that spoke on condition of anonymity.
With the approaching elections in 2024, Mr. Germans interrogated President Biden’s ability to win. But he donated a campaign to re -election Mr. Biden in 2023, as well as to many Democratic Party organizations in the state.
He also donated to the Republican campaigns (but not for Trump’s campaign) and continues regularly with Republican lawmakers. In the private sector, Openai was surrounding its bets. In early June, two of Openai executives met with Mr. Trump in a hotel room in Las Vegas, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Mr. Altman was also scheduled to attend the meeting, but he bent after the positive test of Covid.
The meeting was arranged by Mr. Burgoum. He had a year -long relationship with Openaii, Greg Brockman, who was born in Thompson, and some Openai’s employees were called the most important people of the technology that the state has ever produced.
During the meeting in Las Vegas, Mr. Brockmann and the chief operating official at Openai, Brad Lacap Artificial Intelligence Video BirthSora, who has not yet been released to the public. With this technology, anyone can create videos – like a flock of the Sufi mammoth that wanders through a snowy meadow – simply by writing a sentence in a box on the computer screen.
They explained to build this type of technology, companies such as Openai need huge computer data centers backed by huge amounts of electrical energy. They focused on the language on construction and infrastructure, and they attract the real estate background of Mr. Trump, and they said that these giant facilities will be necessary as the United States races with China to lead the development of artificial intelligence
When the Republican nomination in the following month, Mr. Trump explained the importance of electric power in the world of artificial intelligence, “Amnesty International needs enormous – literally, the weak electricity now in our country, can you imagine?” He said.
But since Mr. Altman and other Openai executives are to strengthen political ties, they were struggling to secure the $ 100 billion they needed for Stargate.
The biggest challenge for Mr. Taman was the company’s dependence on investors. Openai raised more than $ 13 billion from Microsoft for an exclusive deal to purchase the computing power of the technology giant. But Openai wanted more computing power.
In late 2023, while Mr. Altman was negotiating with Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, to build $ 100 billion in the new data center – a project that is already called “Stargate” – The Openai Board of Directors opened the fire unexpectedly. He was returned after five days, but Mr. Nadila was upgraded and decided not to put money for Stargate. Mr. Altman needed another way to build Stargate, according to two people familiar with Microsoft negotiations.
(New York Times prosecution Openai and her partner, Microsoft, accused of violating copyright for news content related to artificial intelligence systems. Openai and Microsoft denied these claims.)
Mr. Taman was Possible investments have been discussed With SoftBank and Mr. Son. The two men met at Openai’s offices earlier in the summer of 2024, according to three people who were familiar with their discussions. After Microsoft agreed to an exception in its exclusive contract with Openai, the startup company signed a $ 10 billion data center with Oracle and pushed something much larger.
Since Oracle built a new campus for the Data Center in Abelene, Texas, Mr. Altman was hoping to expand this to the project of $ 100 billion that he and Mr. Nadella imagined months ago. But the Biden administration has expressed concern about Openai’s efforts to secure additional money from investors in the Middle East. And potential investors are concerned that the government will be slow to provide approvals for a project that requires huge amounts of land and electricity.
The feelings surrounding the deal changed after Trump’s election. Over the next few weeks, SoftBank, Oracle and Openai agreed to put money in Stargate. They also received funding from MGX, a technical investment company controlled by the United Arab Emirates.
With the opening approaching, many competitors met MR. Altman Ai with the president-elect in the Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida The effort to reduce the value of Openai technology.
The best that Mr. German in Palm Springs could do outside Mar Lago with Howard Lootnick, Mr. Trump’s candidate for the Minister of Trade, according to three people familiar with the meeting.
after Donate a million dollars to the Trump opening fundAltman was invited to the opening ceremonies. But one of his mutual acquaintances-it is not clear from-the rank of a phone call to Mr. Altman on Friday afternoon with the elected president, according to four people who are aware of the arrangements.
On the opening day, Mr. Altman, Mr. Elison and Mr. Son were at the Capitol Building Party but were largely ignored by the audience. Early the next day, they gathered in a group of five -star Riggs Hotel in Washington to draw how their partnership is revealed to the world, according to four people familiar with the meeting. While they were spending cold pieces and fruits, they tried to put a draft blog post on a wall hanging on the wall. Initially, they could not get the screen to work. Then Mr. Taman, the youngest of the three, did his work.
In the afternoon, Stargate Partners rode in a convoy to the White House and walked to the entrance to the visitor to attend a public event and agreed to it in that previous phone call with Mr. Trump. But they were left waiting in the cold 10 degrees for 10 to 20 minutes. On the second day of Mr. Trump in the office, there were problems with the White House computer system. Mr. Ellison forgot his driving license, according to three people who are aware of the moment.
Ultimately, Mr. Al -Tamman, Mr. Sun and Mr. Elison followed Mr. Trump in the Roosevelt room. In his opening statements, Mr. Trump again referred to the electricity requirements for data centers, which he described as “beautiful large buildings that will use many people.”
Mr. German, who was wearing a gray suit, presented a blue tie, and American science on the chest of the jacket, “to the extent the main expert, based on everything I read.”
That night, in a pair of jobs to X, Mr. Musk attacked the deal, and insisted that Mr. Altman and his partners did not have $ 100 billion for their project, not to mention $ 500 billion who promised them to invest in the future in the future.
The next day, Mr. Altman took over to X with new notes about the president.
“I will not agree with him on everything, but I think it will be incredible for the country in several ways!” books.
The administration did not stop alongside Mr. Musk. “The American people should take President Trump and the words of the executives for that,” said Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary, on the same day. “These investments come to our great country, and American jobs come with them.”
The president has also been reduced. “He hates one of the people,” Mr. Trump told reporters, in a clear reference to Mr. Musk’s hatred of Mr. Al -Tamman. “But I also have some hatred of people.”
Less than a week, American financial markets fell unexpectedly After a Chinese company named Deepseek revealed a strong AI technology that was built with fewer specialized chips, which many experts believe. Critics were wondering whether Stargit was the right step.
Mr. Taman returned to Washington and dinner with Republican lawmakers after two days. The next morning, he spoke in a special event with members of Congress, policy makers and tank research leaders under Capitol, in a bright rented space near Google and Amazon pressure stores.
When Mr. Altman was asked about the meaning of Depsic, as he and his partners committed $ 100 billion to the new data centers, Mr. German edited the question. “500 billion dollars,” said. Then he answered.
He said that as companies like Openai continues to increase their computing resources, artificial intelligence technologies are still improving.
He said, “We must want to continue doing this.”
Theodore Schifer contributed to the reports.
