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SoftBank races to fulfil US$22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end: sources

[NEW YORK/TOKYO/SAN FRANCISCO] SoftBank Group is racing to close a US$22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end through an array of cash-raising schemes, including a sale of some investmen...

Softbank founder Masayoshi Son has been looking for ways to play a bigger role in an artificial intelligence race that has elevated Nvidia to the status of the world’s most valuable company.

SoftBank eyes data centre group Switch as Son hunts for AI

Acquiring Switch would allow SoftBank to own a large portfolio of data centres outright

SoftBank’s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son is trying to capitalise on soaring demand for the computing capacity that underpins AI applications.

SoftBank in talks to buy data-centre investor DigitalBridge

[TOKYO] SoftBank is in talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group, a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centres, as it seeks to take advantage of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ...

SoftBank’s chief executive officer Masayoshi Son (left), who met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday, said that the demand for chips will rise dramatically as AI advances.

SoftBank’s Arm plans to set up chip training facility in South Korea

It will train about 1,400 high-level chip design specialists to bolster the relatively weak system-semiconductor and fabless segments

“I don’t want to sell a single share. I just had more need for money to invest in OpenAI,” said Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group.

SoftBank’s Son ‘cried’ about Nvidia stake sale to fund AI bets

The company needs to raise capital to fund projects including data centre construction

SoftBank has erased 16 trillion yen in value since October as the company moves to double down on OpenAI.

SoftBank’s 40% slide since October underscores mounting worry over its giant OpenAI bet

Japanese tech investor leads AI selloff amid concerns over new pressure on OpenAI after Gemini 3.0 debut

Several analysts said the sale suggested Softbank sees the blistering rally that turned Nvidia into the first US$5 trillion company last month cooling

SoftBank’s US$5.8 billion Nvidia stake sale stirs fresh AI bubble fears

The Japanese tech investor needs the proceeds for initiatives including the US$500 billion Stargate project to expand US data-centre capacity

SoftBank had a net profit of 1.18 trillion yen in the same period a year earlier.

SoftBank Q2 profit more than doubles to 2.5 trillion yen on OpenAI gains

The results coincide with a bull run in technology-related stocks that has sent its share price to record highs

Marvell’s shares have run up in recent years on enthusiasm for the prospects of its custom chip business, which has clients such as Amazon.com’s cloud unit and Microsoft.

SoftBank said to have weighed potential takeover of Marvell

The Japanese conglomerate’s push into the space has gone beyond pure mergers and acquisitions

An earnings call on Wednesday marked the launch of SoftBank and OpenAI's local joint venture, SB OAI Japan.

SoftBank chases actual revenue with OpenAI in corporate Japan

The two companies are still fine-tuning the products they are co-developing for Japanese enterprises