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 ...

The man behind SoftBank has now teamed up with OpenAI to invest up to $500 billion in American AI infrastructure over the next four years.

The following is adapted from Gambling Man, my new biography of Masayoshi Son. As the Japanese founder and CEO of SoftBank, “Masa”—as he is known to friends and rivals alike—is probably ...

The scenes evoked the court of a medieval king. Among the visitors in mid-December was Masayoshi Son, the Japanese founder and CEO of media technology conglomerate SoftBank. Son is probably the ...

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

It’s also making a Japanese joint venture with OpenAI, will spend $3 billion deploying OpenAI tech across SoftBank companies, ...

Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming U.S. President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant pig farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment record. Trump's "friend ...

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TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday, the Japanese ...

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