After they build the Multivac or Deep Thought, or whatever it is they’re trying to do, then what happens? It makes all the stockholders a lot of money?
We ask it the last question and it tells us the answer is 42.
The way I think about this project, along with all of Trump's plans, is that he wants to maximize the US's economic output to ensure we are competitive with China in the future.
Yes, it would make money for stockholders. But it's much more than that: it's an empire-scale psychological game for leverage in the future.
I assume anyone of importance will have made their money long before they have to show results.