OpenAI’s Altman Urges US to Support AI Investment After DeepSeek
Sam Altman speaks at the White House on Jan 21.
Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman briefed US policymakers on the need to continue investing heavily in physical infrastructure to support future artificial intelligence development, days after the frenzy around Chinese upstart DeepSeek cast new doubt on AI spending.
In a closed-door gathering in Washington on Thursday attended by officials from Congress and the White House, Altman said the rise of DeepSeek shows “it’s a really good thing” to push ahead with the $100 billion joint infrastructure venture between OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp. Altman said the project, announced last week by President Donald Trump and called Stargate, is currently soliciting bids for future sites.