June 24 (Reuters) - OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman

had a call with Microsoft ( MSFT ) CEO Satya Nadella on Monday

and discussed their future working partnership, Altman said in a

New York Times podcast on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that

Microsoft ( MSFT ), the AI startup's major backer, and OpenAI are

discussing revising the terms of Microsoft's ( MSFT ) investment,

including the future equity stake it will hold in the startup.

The Financial Times has reported that Microsoft ( MSFT ) is

considering pausing discussions with OpenAI if the two sides

remain unable to agree on critical issues such as the size of

Microsoft's ( MSFT ) future stake.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters'

request for comment outside regular business hours.

"Obviously in any deep partnership, there are points of

tension and we certainly have those," Altman told the NYT. "But

on the whole, it's been like really wonderfully good for both

companies."

Altman also said that he had productive talks with U.S.

President Donald Trump on artificial intelligence and credited

him with understanding the geopolitical and economic importance

of the technology.

In January, Trump announced Stargate, a private sector

investment of up to $500 billion for AI infrastructure, funded

by SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank

Dhaniwala)