The Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer.
Some of the funding would be used to help cover OpenAI’s $18 billion commitment to the recently announced Stargate project.
The SoftBank boss could throw another $25 billion into the artificial intelligence company, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday. Click to read.
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.
SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI. The deal would make it the start-up’s biggest financial backer.