On December 6, 2016, Masayoshi Masa — founder of Japanese investment company SoftBank — was due to visit the headquarters of WeWork in New York City. As usual, he was running late, and his ...

but Masa will be allowed to bring other investors into OpenAI on a limited basis,” said one person involved in the talks. In the second phase, SoftBank is planning to initially put about $15bn-$ ...

At the FII PRIORITY Summit 2025 in Miami, Florida, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son made his first public response to doubts ...

The man behind SoftBank has now teamed up with OpenAI to invest up to $500 billion in American AI infrastructure over the next four years. Billionaire Masayoshi Son has a vision for the future of ...

Gambling Man’ author Lionel Barber explains how Masayoshi Son went from losing money on WeWork to betting big on AI.

SoftBank Group Corp. tumbled to a loss in the December quarter, weighed down by a drop in the value of the Vision Fund’s ...

On Monday, OpenAI’s finances became a hot topic. Sam Altman was in Japan to kickstart a local venture with local giant SoftBank. The “SB OpenAI Japan” joint venture will see SoftBank spend $ ...

Investors seem open to the prospect of peace talks, but Western companies face a dilemma just three years after many retreated from the country.