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.

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.

Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Larry Ellison of Oracle joined Trump for the $500 billion announcement.

Trump announced Tuesday that OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle would join forces to create Stargate, a new company investing $500 billion in AI infrastructure.

The $500B Stargate Initiative, led by Trump, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, is set to revolutionize U.S. AI infrastructure.

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

Chennai: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 12kg of hashish oil to the Maldives from Tuticorin.

Tensions between technology leaders Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were on full display this week after the Tesla CEO slammed the new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project,

Explore the pros and cons of the first round of technology developments from President Trump's first week in office. What impact will his bold tech moves have?

Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.