The latest spat began after Altman joined Trump, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison in a White House ceremony on Tuesday to announce the launch of Stargate, a $500 billion venture to advance the United States’ artificial intelligence infrastructure.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a picture of himself with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday and suggested the two companies are getting along just fine.

Since then, Musk hasn’t hidden his anger with Altman and OpenAI. He’s currently suing the company over its decision to become a for-profit corporation, and he regularly trolls the company on X—the platform he bought for $44 billion back in 2022. All of which is why the past week has been hilarious.

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has announced a shift in his previously critical perspective on President Donald Trump. Newsweek has contacted OpenAI and the White House for comment via email.

Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the infrastructure project to build data centers for OpenAI in the U.S.

The recent surge of the potentially disruptive R1 AI model by Chinese startup DeepSeek is forcing tech leaders from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Nvidia to speak up to reassure investors.

Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.

"I genuinely respect your accomplishments and think you are the most inspiring entrepreneur of our time," Altman wrote in an X post to Musk.

Sam Altman hailed the Chinese firm's low-cost AI model as "impressive" and said OpenAI would accelerate the release of "better models" in response.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman excitedly teases significant advancements in the partnership with Microsoft, hinting it will surpass expectations. Altman also a

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a picture of himself with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday and suggested the two companies are getting along just fine.