India, Jan. 23 -- Billionaire Elon Musk reacted to a statement by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella who was asked about the public spat between the Tesla chief and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the $500 billion AI project announced by US President Donald Trump.

It began when Elon Musk cast doubt on the Stargate project announced by Trump, saying the money promised for the investment actually wasn't there.

"They don't actually have the money," Musk wrote on his social platform X. "SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority."

Altman responded Wednesday to say Musk was "wrong, as you surely know" and inviting Musk to come visit the first site in Texas that is already under construction.

Meanwhile, in an interview on CNBC,...