OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Are AI’s New Power Couple
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 ...
SoftBank Eyes Historic $25 Billion Investment In OpenAI, Set To Dethrone Microsoft As Biggest Investor In ChatGPT-Parent
SoftBank is reportedly considering a historic $25 billion investment in OpenAI, which could surpass Microsoft's stake and ...
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OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B data center project
OpenAI has announced that it's teaming up with Softbank and Oracle on $100 billion data center project in the U.S.
Japan PM to meet OpenAI and SoftBank CEOs on Monday, Japanese govt says
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 ...
OpenAI-SoftBank's $100 billion Stargate venture touted by Donald Trump will tap solar power
Trump unveiled the Stargate joint venture involving SoftBank Group Corp., OpenAI and Oracle Corp. on Tuesday. The companies ...
SoftBank set to invest in robotics start-up Skild AI at $4bn valuation
SoftBank is in talks to lead a funding round for artificial intelligence robotics start-up Skild AI that would more than ...
To some, OpenAI is a DeepSeek victim. But SoftBank may be more upbeat than ever.
SoftBank reportedly is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI and become the ChatGPT creator’s largest investor.
What is DeepSeek? The Chinese OpenAI rival sparking chaos in tech markets
DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, has released a free AI assistant that rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT in quality and was reportedly ...