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 the artificial-intelligence revolution,
Masayoshi Son Picks Odd Time To Bet Big On OpenAI
The SoftBank boss could throw another $25 billion into the artificial intelligence company, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday. Click to read.
Meet Masayoshi Son, the billionaire SoftBank founder helping fund the Stargate AI joint venture
Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.
SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI
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SoftBank could invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI
SoftBank in Talks to Invest Up to $25 Billion in OpenAI
SoftBank Group Corp. is in discussions to invest as much as $25 billion in OpenAI, a move that would potentially make it the AI startup’s biggest backer.
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8 Lessons from the Career of Softbank’s Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank, the Japanese media technology conglomerate, is often cast as a dreamer, financial engineer, and speculator. But his career — which has spanned the launch of the personal computer and internet,
SoftBank Shares Soar as Masayoshi Son’s AI Vision Coalesces
Shares of SoftBank Group Corp. jumped as much as 8.1% after US President Donald Trump announced a multi-billion dollar push by the Japanese company, OpenAI and Oracle Corp. to build AI infrastructure in the US.
'In Japan he's a folk hero': New book 'Gambling Man' examines Softbank CEO
Author Lionel Barber joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son'.
Bret Baier Interviews Masa Son, Sam Altman, Larry Ellison: "We Have To Do The Big Investment For The Good Of Humanity"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle founder Larry Ellison and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son comment on President Trump’s Stargate AI investment project in an interview with FOX News anchor Bret Baier on ‘Special Report.
'They Don't Have The Money,' Elon Musk Says Of $500B OpenAI-SoftBank-Oracle AI Project Stargate
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Stargate, a $500 billion AI infrastructure project that's expected to provide 100,000 jobs and boost the American economy, but Elon Musk believes the three companies leading the project don't have the funds.
Analysis-Japan Inc will struggle to follow SoftBank's lead and go big with Trump
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later. For a Japan Inc anxious about how to navigate the second term of President Donald Trump - and the threat of steep tariffs or other punitive measures - that approach may not be so easy to replicate.
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.
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SoftBank founder shifts investment focus from China to US
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son has made a strategic pivot toward the US market, appearing alongside President Donald Trump twice since his November election victory to unveil major investment plans.