SoftBank joins with OpenAI in yearly $3B venture to expand AI in Japan
SoftBank inked a $3 billion deal with OpenAI in a joint venture to market OpenAI tech in Japan with its newly-minuted ...
SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion into OpenAI, says source
SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in ChatGPT owner OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the matter, as ...
Researchers say China’s DeepSeek chatbot is linked to state telecom, raising data privacy concerns
Security researchers say the website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has computer code that could ...
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 ...
China responds to Trump's tariffs with retaliatory economic measures
As U.S. President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on Chinese imports went into effect early Tuesday, Beijing responded with a ...
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SoftBank founder shifts investment focus from China to US
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son is shifting his focus away from investments in China and toward the US, as seen with his ...
SoftBank eyes $40 billion OpenAI investment as US-China AI race heats up: Report
SoftBank Group, led by Masayoshi Son, is in discussions to invest up to $40 billion in OpenAI, valuing it at $300 billion.
Stargate project shows that Softbank is in a 'unique position' between China and the U.S.: CLSA
Oliver Matthew, head of Asia consumer research at CLSA, explains why he upgraded his rating of Softbank's stock after the announcement of the Stargate project between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle. He ...
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Trump is right to invest in AI development. But is it too late to beat China? | Opinion
America has a strong adversary in the AI war against China, and President Trump's early actions are promising.
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OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle lead $500B Project Stargate to ramp up AI infra in the US
The project, which will be financially led by SoftBank and operationally by OpenAI, will see an immediate investment of $100 ...
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Transcript: SoftBank wants a piece of the AI pie
And the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank wants to lead the pack in the AI race. Plus, we look at how a decades-old system in China creates second-class citizens. I’m Sonja Hutson, and here’s the ...