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Meet Masayoshi Son, the billionaire SoftBank founder helping fund the Stargate AI joint venture
Softbank sold its Opportunity Fund to Claure and Judge in 2023. On an earnings call in May 2020, Son talked about how the coronavirus created a valley — the "Valley of Coronavirus" as he called ...
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OpenAI Close to Deal That Values Company at $300 Billion
The new fund-raising round, led by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, values OpenAI at $300 billion, according to three people with knowledge of the deal who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
SoftBank in talks to invest as much as $25 billion in OpenAI
SoftBank is in talks to invest in OpenAI, potentially deepening the relationship between the two companies that are already ...
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SoftBank and OpenAI Are teaming up for new AI partnership in Japan
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI announced the formation of a new joint ...
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SoftBank will fund OpenAI with $40B
ALBAWABA – SoftBank, the Japanese multinational conglomerate, announced a fund of approximately $40 billion to support OpenAI, the American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization ...
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SoftBank’s $300 Billion OpenAI Valuation Underscores AI’s Unprecedented Market Opportunity—Rezolve Ai Positioned to Capture a Major Share
NEW YORK, Feb. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SoftBank’s reported investment ... sees this valuation as a validation of the immense market opportunity AI presents. With AI adoption accelerating ...
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, ...
Cipher Mining Stock Jumps 24% on SoftBank Investment. Analysts Say It’s ‘Sign of Things to Come.’
Cipher Mining stock surged Friday on news that the Bitcoin mining company had received a $50 million investment from SoftBank ...