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 $15bn-$ ...

The trend in incomprehensibly big numbers is up irrespective of whether the person in charge wants it press-released, which suggests Trump’s love of $500bn is just another piece of Kayfabe. His ear ...

The president has sent the message that he’s committed to tariffs, and that he sees room for deals with Ukraine and Russia.

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 ...

Email me at: [email protected] The $500B Stargate Project represents a pivotal moment for both technology and ...

Now we would like to start the SoftBank Group Corp. Earnings Results ... hard for the past 2.5 years and many people wonders, what Masa is doing. And time to time, I was trying to kind of brief ...

From visionary bets in Yahoo, Alibaba, and Arm, to disastrous gambles on WeWork and Vision Funds, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has defied both logic and expectations. Self-styled as a modern Genghis Khan, ...

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 $ ...