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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Duration
- 42m
- Channel
- Bloomberg Originals
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Emily Chang visits the Stargate site in Abilene, Texas for an exclusive first look at the historic $500 billion bet on the future of AI, announced by President Trump the day after his inauguration. She speaks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman & Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son about why they have partnered, along with Oracle, to build one of the largest AI data centers in the world. Watch more episodes of The Circuit with Emily Chang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqq4LnWs3olV2nw7GgFjXHvxVc3T5hXXT 00:00 - Stargate intro 02:01 - Touring Stargate 04:03 - Big Tech AI race 05:09 - Sam Altman’s vision 06:22 - SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son 07:47 - Crusoe founding story 12:03 - Touring Data center 13:23 - OpenAI Studio Ghibli moment 16:14 - Energy challenges 20:35 - Bloomberg reporter reflection 24:19 - Risks 28:18 - Abilene local perspective 34:28 - AI and jobs 36:01 - Trump tariffs 40:00 - Booms and busts Hosted by high-profile journalist Emily Chang, The Circuit is a fast-paced, dynamic series that lives at the intersection of culture, tech, entertainment, and business. Every week, Chang will go on location to meet the world’s most fascinating founders, influencers, and innovators, conducting intimate interviews and bringing audiences behind the scenes of the most impactful stories, launches, and trends. #OpenAI #Stargate #Technology -------- Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Get unlimited access to Bloomberg.com for $1.99/month for the first 3 months: https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions?in_source=YoutubeOriginals Bloomberg Originals offers bold takes for curious minds on today’s biggest topics. Hosted by experts covering stories you haven’t seen and viewpoints you haven’t heard, you’ll discover cinematic, data-led shows that investigate the intersection of business and culture. Exploring every angle of climate change, technology, finance, sports and beyond, Bloomberg Originals is business as you’ve never seen it. Subscribe for business news, but not as you've known it: exclusive interviews, fascinating profiles, data-driven analysis, and the latest in tech innovation from around the world. Visit our partner channel Bloomberg News for global news and insight in an instant.
SPEAKERS
CEO of OpenAI.
Emily Chang
hostBloomberg journalist and host of The Circuit.
Masayoshi Son
guestFounder and CEO of SoftBank Group.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Bloomberg Originals, featuring Sam Altman and Emily Chang, Inside OpenAI's Stargate Megafactory with Sam Altman | The Circuit explores A first look inside Stargate, OpenAI’s massive Abilene AI build Project Stargate is shown as a real, active, 24/7 construction build in Abilene, Texas, framed by Sam Altman as a defining US infrastructure project of the era.
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