OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Are AI’s New Power Couple
In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, ...
SoftBank in Talks to Lead $500 Million AI Robotics Funding
SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, ...
SoftBank wants a piece of the AI pie
Apple revealed quarterly results that slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations, SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI, and the European Central Bank cut interest rates as it ...
SoftBank Eyes Historic $25 Billion Investment In OpenAI, Set To Dethrone Microsoft As Biggest Investor In ChatGPT-Parent
SoftBank is reportedly considering a historic $25 billion investment in OpenAI, which could surpass Microsoft's stake and ...
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How DeepSeek will upend the AI pecking order
The cause of investors’ panic was DeepSeek, an obscure Chinese hedge fund turned AI startup that has blown analysts away with ...
SoftBank set to invest in robotics start-up Skild AI at $4bn valuation
SoftBank is in talks to lead a funding round for artificial intelligence robotics start-up Skild AI that would more than ...
Deepseek Freakout, Skild Robotics Raises $500 Million, Eleven Labs AI $250 Million
DeepSeek’s AI disrupts industry, causing Nvidia’s $600B plunge. AI investments surge: SoftBank backs Skild AI, ElevenLabs raises $250M, and Infinite Reality buys Obsess.
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A Former OpenAI Leader Jumps to Felicis; SoftBank Doubles Down
OpenAI is in talks to raise another giant round, of about $40 billion, led by SoftBank, which would value the ChatGPT maker ...