SoftBank

OpenAI funding on track to top $126 billion with latest round

The record-breaking financing deal will give the ChatGPT maker additional capital to build out its AI tools.

SoftBank rides AI boom with $2.05 billion quarterly profit on OpenAI bet

SoftBank, led by founder and CEO Masayoshi Son, has invested more than US$30 billion in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.

SoftBank billionaire Son trims share pledges after AI rally

Singapore-based SAM Wealth Management borrowed 10 million SoftBank shares, worth about US$1.1 billion, from a Japan-based parent company that is also controlled by billionaire Masayoshi Son.

SoftBank founder ‘cried’ about selling Nvidia stake to fund AI bets

Masayoshi Son spoke for the first time about the surprise November disclosure that SoftBank had unloaded its entire stake in Nvidia.

SoftBank sells its entire Nvidia stake for $7.6 billion, stirring fresh AI bubble fears

SoftBank had sold its Nvidia shares to bankroll CEO Masayoshi Son’s sweeping AI push, built around his “all in” bet on ChatGPT-creator OpenAI.

SoftBank Vision Fund to lay off 20% of employees in shift to bold AI bets: Source, memo

SoftBank Group will lay off staff at its Vision Fund team globally as it shifts resources to founder Masayoshi Son’s large-scale SI bets in the US.

SoftBank shares surge to record on AI-fuelled profit recovery

SoftBank's results were an affirmation for founder Masayoshi Son’s bets on AI players such as Nvidia.

SoftBank’s Ampere deal faces in-depth US probe in threat to AI ambitions

SoftBank’s purchase of Ampere was another step in the Japanese company’s push to add AI infrastructure capabilities.

SoftBank founder pitches $1.3 trillion US AI hub to TSMC, Trump team

Mr Masayoshi Son envisions a vast manufacturing hub like China’s Shenzhen that would bring back high-tech manufacturing to the US.

Japan’s SoftBank Group books first annual profit in 4 years

The scale of Softbank's commitments has prompted analysts to question its ability to weather market volatility brought about by new US tariffs.

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