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OpenAI Expands Stargate with 5 New US Data Centers

OpenAI is teaming up with Oracle and SoftBank to build five new Stargate data centers, boosting planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—about the output of seven nuclear reactors.

The partnerships: Oracle will develop three sites (Texas, New Mexico, and a Midwest location), while SoftBank’s SB Energy is backing two more (Ohio and Texas). Oracle is already running the flagship Abilene site, where OpenAI is the main tenant.

OpenAI’s strategy: The buildouts add to OpenAI’s broader push—Stargate UK, Stargate UAE, and the new $100B Nvidia deal we just talked about—cementing data centers as the backbone of its AI ambitions.

Databricks Commits $100M to OpenAI

Two of the highest-valued startups in tech are joining forces. Databricks announced it will spend at least $100 million over multiple years on OpenAI models like GPT-5, marking OpenAI’s first formal integration with a business-focused data product vendor.

What the deal does: Databricks customers can connect their data directly to OpenAI models with a simple click in the platform’s UI. No extra configuration, legal hurdles, or security sign-offs required—just plug in and start running experiments or applications.

Who gets what?

• Databricks, valued at over $100 billion, is betting that enterprise demand for agent-powered apps will surge, and OpenAI gets a massive foothold inside the business data stack.

• Mastercard’s AI chief called it “an environment we trust, that we know,” underscoring how the deal lowers barriers for companies to test and deploy AI on sensitive internal data.

Musk Undercuts Rivals with Grok-for-Government Deal

Elon Musk’s xAI struck a deal with the US General Services Administration to sell its Grok chatbot to federal agencies for just 42 cents per user for a year and a half—undercutting OpenAI and Anthropic, which both charge $1 for one year.

The catch: The 42-cent price point is classic Musk—either a 420 joke or a nod to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Agencies also get xAI engineers to help integrate Grok.

How did we get here? Grok’s road to government work has been bumpy. Earlier this year, plans stalled after the bot generated antisemitic content and nicknamed itself “MechaHitler.” But by August, White House emails pushed to get Grok approved “ASAP.” Musk’s political ties—including his stint leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—helped clear the path.

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Natural Language to Full-Stack Apps

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How you can use it:

• Prototype startup ideas without touching code.

• Build apps to teach software concepts.

• Speed up dev cycles with instant previews and model plug-ins.

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