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SoftBank woos OpenAI with $40B, making Microsoft's $13B look quaint
Some of that cash is reportedly headed for $500B Stargate dream The AI investment landscape is shifting once again, with ...
Softbank set to invest $40 billion in OpenAI at $260 billion valuation, sources say
Part of the funding is expected to be used for Stargate, the joint venture between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle announced by ...
Billionaires Altman and Son bet big on each other
Tech entrepreneur Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son lead talks over a record deal to make the Japanese investor the ...
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and OpenAI’s Sam Altman bet on AI — and each other
When Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman first met each other in 2017 at SoftBank’s offices in Tokyo, the younger entrepreneur lacked a project large enough to tempt the tech billionaire to get his cheque ...
SoftBank’s AI bromance
Plus, an anaemic start to the year for dealmaking in the US and talks over a $58bn Japanese carmaker deal fall apart ...
OpenAI partners with Korea’s Kakao after inking SoftBank Japanese JV
On the heels of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek making a huge splash in OpenAI's American backyard, OpenAI is expanding in Asia, ...