4 days ago · OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. are joining forces in a joint venture to sell AI services to businesses across Japan, one of the broadest efforts yet to sell the fast-growing startup’s tools to ...

3 days ago · As part of the deal, SoftBank Group companies will get first access to OpenAI's most advanced AI models in Japan. The announcement comes two weeks after Trump announced the Stargate project to advance AI, a venture that also includes SoftBank. Altman noted on stage at the conference that the rate of AI progress is going to be rapid from here on.

4 days ago · TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI stepped up their AI partnership Monday, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.. SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son and OpenAI Chief Sam Altman appeared at an event in Tokyo, talking up their collaboration and inviting Japanese companies to join.. Son, holding a shiny blue crystal ball as a symbolic prop, said its AI ...

4 days ago · OpenAI chief Sam Altman is on a global tour jetting between Tokyo, Seoul, New Delhi, Dubai and Germany. On Monday, he and SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son took to a Tokyo stage to outline a...

4 days ago · 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.

4 days ago · SoftBank Group Corp. is one of the largest telecommunications operators in Japan. Net sales (not including sold divisions) break down by activity as follows: - fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Japan (92.2%; SoftBank): fixed and mobile telephony services, broadband transmission services, data transmission services, sales of handsets and accessories, etc.; - design and development ...

Jan 31, 2025 · SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial intelligence services to corporate customers.

2 days ago · The relationship between SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, is built on what could be the biggest ever investment in a startup. And then we take a look at the rush of ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Joining Trump fresh off his inauguration at the White House were Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Larry Ellison of Oracle. All three credited Trump for helping to make the project possible, even though building has already started and the project goes back to 2024.

President Trump was joined by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News ... the chief executive officer of ...