When Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman first met each other in 2017 at SoftBank’s offices in Tokyo, the younger entrepreneur lacked a project large enough to tempt the tech billionaire to get his cheque ...

The Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer.

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology ...

Plus, an anaemic start to the year for dealmaking in the US and talks over a $58bn Japanese carmaker deal fall apart ...

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan ...

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with Sam Altman of OpenAI and Masayoshi Son of Softbank in Tokyo on Monday, and ...

OpenAI‘s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son during a news conference earlier this month at the White House. - Andrew Harnik/Getty Images In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by ...

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son had predicted a few months ago that artificial general intelligence will arrive in 2-3 years.

And now Son, who has a history of latching onto charismatic startup founders, has found one in Sam Altman. In what would ... An aerial view of Masayoshi Son’s residence near Tokyo.