Key Takeaways Masayoshi Son, founder and CEO of Japanese multinational investment company SoftBank Group,has an estimated net ...

In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, Masayoshi ... OpenAI’s strategy of spending big on proprietary technology ...

SoftBank is also partnering with OpenAI on an AI system called ‘Cristal intelligence.’ ...

The SoftBank boss could throw another $25 billion into the artificial intelligence company, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday. Click to read.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan ...

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

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.

OpenAI is in early talks to raise up to $40 billion in a massive funding round led by SoftBank that would value the artificial intelligence firm at $340 billion, according to a report. The funding ...

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OpenAI‘s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son during a news conference earlier this month at the White House. - Andrew Harnik/Getty Images In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by ...