SoftBank Group, led by Masayoshi Son, is in discussions to invest up to $40 billion in OpenAI, valuing it at $300 billion. This follows a shift in AI dynamics with DeepSeek overtaking ChatGPT in US App Store rankings,

SoftBank is reportedly considering a historic $25 billion investment in OpenAI, which could surpass Microsoft's stake and position SoftBank as the ChatGPT maker's largest investor.

The Japanese corporation SoftBank Group has shown interest in investing as much as $25 billion in OpenAI, which would make it the organization’s biggest financial sponsor. According to a Bloomberg report,

O SoftBank Group negocia para investir até US$ 25 bilhões na OpenAI, um movimento que poderia torná-lo o maior patrocinador da startup de inteligência artificial.

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

Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFR) (“Cipher” or the “Company”) today announced a $50 million investment from SoftBank Group Corp.(TSE: 9984, “ SoftBank ”), one of the world’s most prominent investment holding companies.

A new investment from the Japanese conglomerate would be separate from the $100 billion tied to a project announced at the White House last week.

SoftBank has already committed $15 billion to Project Stargate, a joint venture with OpenAI to build data centers and other AI infrastructure.

SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI, in a deal which would make it the ChatGPT maker’s biggest financial backer, as the pair partner on a massive new artificial intelligence infrastructure project.

Helion, a startup working to generate electricity from nuclear fusion, on Tuesday said it has raised $425 million in venture funding from a group of investors including SoftBank Group's Vision Fund 2.

Seattle-area company Helion Energy gets $425 million from investors including Sam Altman and Softbank to pursue clean energy's "Holy Grail."