It’s the latest clash in a feud between the two tech billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president.

A fresh conflict has ignited between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, over a newly unveiled artificial intelligence initiative called Stargate. The ambitious $500 billion project, championed by former President Donald Trump,

Musk slammed a Trump-backed $500 billion AI joint venture building out OpenAI’s artificial general intelligence.

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank formed Stargate, a new venture investing up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure in Texas. President Donald Trump talked up the partnership on Jan. 21, calling it ”a resounding declaration of confidence in America’s potential.

Donald Trump held the first press conference of his new presidential term on Tuesday, along with three billionaires who are starting a new partnership called Stargate that they claim will create wonderful new innovations in artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk has cast doubt on if there is enough funding to follow through on a massive $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure project announced by Trump on Tuesday.

Elon Musk claimed overnight Tuesday that tech giants OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank don’t have enough money to fulfill their high-profile pledge to invest $500 billion in U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure.