Among the visitors in mid-December was Masayoshi Son ... including Zume, a robot pizza maker which shut down in 2023. The 50,000 jobs pledge is more questionable. Most of SoftBank’s money ...

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

The Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has been a champion of AI for years. The Japanese conglomerate has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies. Son joined OpenAI and Oracle to ...

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 ...

SoftBank deepens its AI ambitions with a massive investment in OpenAI tech, a Japan-focused joint venture, and the unveiling ...

Masayoshi Son was stewing. After declaring for years the imminent arrival of the artificial-intelligence revolution, the chief executive officer of SoftBank Group had missed out on it.

TOKYO - SoftBank Group’s founder Masayoshi Son is taking the stage in Tokyo on Feb 3 with Open AI chief Sam Altman, part of a global push to spur investment in AI-supporting infrastructure.

From left: Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank; Larry Ellison, executive chairman of Oracle; and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI listen to President Trump speak at the White House on Jan. 21 ...

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of SoftBank Group Corp. jumped 12% after the company announced it’s teaming up with OpenAI, Oracle Corp. and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX on a $500 billion project to build data ...