SoftBank's investment in OpenAI may position the company as the world's joint-second most valuable private tech firm after ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint ...

Last week, to meet the growing demand for AI infrastructure, US President Donald Trump unveiled a private sector investment ...

SoftBank is reportedly considering a historic $25 billion investment in OpenAI, which could surpass Microsoft's stake and ...

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The FT was first to report on SoftBank’s potential investment. In November, OpenAI allowed employees to sell about $1.5 billion worth of shares in a tender offer to SoftBank, people familiar ...

OpenAI announced a joint venture in Japan, named SB OpenAI Japan, aimed at delivering advanced AI solutions to enterprises. This partnership was unveiled during a live event on February 3, 2025.

The deal, if it were to go through, would make the Japanese tech investment fund the largest outside stakeholder in OpenAI, overtaking Microsoft.

They will seek the support of hundreds of Japanese companies to build data centre and other AI-supporting hardware. Read more ...

This move could position SoftBank as the largest financial supporter of the AI company, surpassing even Microsoft's investment. Recently, OpenAI and SoftBank announced plans for a $500bn US AI ...