When Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman first met each other in 2017 at SoftBank’s offices in Tokyo, the younger entrepreneur lacked a project large enough to tempt the tech billionaire to get his cheque ...

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

Tech entrepreneur Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son lead talks over a record deal to make the Japanese investor the ...

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

Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

SoftBank inked a $3 billion deal with OpenAI in a joint venture to market OpenAI tech in Japan with its newly-minuted ...

Shigeru Ishiba, a former minister of defense and a "gunji otaku", or military geek, has long advocated for an enhanced security role for Japan. He has been a vocal proponent of strengthening the ...

In a recent conversation with OpenAI chief Sam Altman, founder Masayoshi Son addressed concerns raised by X chief Elon Musk ...

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan ...

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology ...

The CEOs of OpenAI and SoftBank shared an optimistic vision of AI's future, though they disagreed on whether robots would ...

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up ...