2 天之前 · 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 service Cristal could be used by companies for planning, marketing, emails and figuring out old source codes.

2 天之前 · SoftBank's yearly $3 billion commitment to utilize OpenAI's tech will be for itself and its subsidiary companies. The two companies dubbed their joint venture as "SB OpenAI Japan" to market OpenAI ...

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

1 天前 · SoftBank deepens its AI ambitions with a massive investment in OpenAI tech, a Japan-focused joint venture, and the unveiling of “Cristal Intelligence” to revolutionize business automation.

2025年1月21日 · Masayoshi Son will be the chairman. Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oracle, and OpenAI are the key initial technology partners. The buildout is currently underway, starting in Texas, and we are evaluating potential sites across the country for more campuses as we finalize definitive agreements.

2 天之前 · 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 天之前 · On Monday, he and SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son took to a Tokyo stage to outline a 50-50 venture between OpenAI and SoftBank’s telecom arm SoftBank Corp. before a meeting with Japan’s Prime ...

1 天前 · What they're saying: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at a conference Monday that AI agents are the "next evolution beyond ChatGPT." SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said that AGI will arrive much sooner than two years and will be deployed first in large corporations in Japan. Son later added that he believes AGI will be able to understand human emotions.

Son’s plans for OpenAI eclipse his biggest-ever bets. The fortunes of the debt-friendly, risk-addicted CEO have been on a roller coaster since he emerged as a force in the 1990s.

2024年10月3日 · ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is flush with cash, thanks to the likes of Masayoshi Son ’s SoftBank (SFTBF). The Japanese conglomerate chipped in $500 million during a recent funding round that valued...