By Sam Nussey and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later.

Trump trotted out Masa’s line about 50,000 new jobs and $50 billion of investment in the U.S. Masa beamed into the TV cameras, but grew flustered when one of the American reporters confused him with Terry Gou, the Foxconn boss. “No, no, no,” said Masa. “I am Masayoshi Son, and SoftBank is not a bank.”

OpenAI and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank will each commit $19 billion to fund a joint venture to develop data centers for artificial intelligence in the U.S., the Information reported on Wednesday, citing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking to colleagues.

The Stargate project aims to secure American leadership in AI, protect US national security, and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.