Microsoft’s absence from OpenAI’s Stargate announcement follows months of tension between the companies and signals a new era in which the longtime partners will be less reliant on each other. At a White House press conference,

OpenAI and SoftBank (OTCPK:SFTBY) will commit $19B each to the artificial intelligence-focused Stargate Project, The Information reported. The four initial partners — OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and MGX — will commit roughly $45B in total,

OpenAI announced a new joint venture named The Stargate Project which aims to build a number of data centers for AI in the U.S.