In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, Masayoshi Son was stewing. After declaring for years the imminent arrival of the artificial-intelligence revolution,
Two years ago, global tech investor Masayoshi Son was at a low point. The SoftBank Group CEO had missed out on the generative artificial revolution taking place, even after flooding the tech market with over $130 billion of investment into startups and other companies.
The SoftBank boss could throw another $25 billion into the artificial intelligence company, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday. Click to read.
Some of the funding would be used to help cover OpenAI’s $18 billion commitment to the recently announced Stargate project.
OpenAI is in talks for an investment round to raise nearly $40 billion that would value the AI startup at up to $340 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.
OpenAI has announced that it's teaming up with Softbank and Oracle on $100 billion data center project in the U.S.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle founder Larry Ellison and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son comment on President Trump’s Stargate AI investment project in an interview with FOX News anchor Bret Baier on ‘Special Report.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday, the Japanese government said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that OpenAI,
SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI. The deal would make it the start-up’s biggest financial backer. At the same time, the two companies are also partnering on a separate massive AI infrastructure project. Here to explain what all this says about SoftBank’s AI ambitions is the FT’s Arash Massoudi. Hi, Arash.
SoftBank is reportedly in advanced discussions to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI. SoftBank is in talks to invest $25 billion in OpenAI, making it the largest investor in the ChatGPT maker. If finalized,