Bloomberg L.P.2d
SoftBank Seeks Record $16.5 Billion Loan for AI Growth in US
SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking a loan of as much as $16.5 billion to help fund artificial intelligence investments in the US, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be its largest ...
Wall Street Journal3d
How Is SoftBank Funding Its Mega Investment in OpenAI? A Lot of Debt
President Trump was joined by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son earlier this year. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News The Tokyo-based company ...
Nikkei Asia3d
SoftBank leads OpenAI's funding round amid rise of DeepSeek
PALO ALTO, U.S./TOKYO -- OpenAI's latest $40 billion funding round positions Japan's SoftBank Group as a leading partner for the U.S.-based ChatGPT developer looking to build artificial ...
NHK3d
SoftBank Group to make additional $40 bil. investment in OpenAI
Japan's SoftBank Group says it will make follow-on investments of up to 40 billion dollars in the US developer of ChatGPT. SoftBank Group announced the deal with OpenAI on Tuesday. It says it will ...
Bloomberg L.P.4d
OpenAI Finalizes $40 Billion Funding at $300 Billion Value
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, said it has finalized a funding round that will bring in $40 billion from SoftBank Group Corp. and other investors at a $300 billion ...
The Verge4d
OpenAI just raised another $40 billion round led by SoftBank
The startup that produced ChatGPT is now valued at $300 billion. The startup that produced ChatGPT is now valued at $300 billion. Kylie Robison is a senior AI reporter working with The Verge’s ...
CNN3d
OpenAI plans to raise $40 billion to boost its AI efforts
OpenAI said on Monday it would raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank at a $300 billion valuation to advance AI research, expand computational infrastructure and enhance ...
manilatimes6d
Ericsson, SoftBank forge to advance 6G, AI
SOFTBANK Corp. has entered into a strategic partnership with Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson to drive innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud radio access networks (RAN), extended ...
Science Daily2d
Robotics Research News
Mar. 25, 2025 — This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one ...
ジャパンタイムズ4d
OpenAI says new funding from SoftBank boosts valuation to $300 billion
The infusion of cash comes in a partnership with Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group and "enables us to push the frontiers of AI research even further," the San Francisco-based company said ...
Euronews3d
OpenAI secures $300bn valuation in funding round led by SoftBank
Maker of ChatGPT OpenAI said on Monday that it had finalised a funding round led by SoftBank, a Japanese investment group. The $40bn (€37bn) total raised is one of the largest sums ever secured ...