Meet Masayoshi Son, the billionaire SoftBank founder helping fund the Stargate AI joint venture
Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.
Masa Son, Trump's Japanese Buddy With The Midas Touch
Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming US President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant pig farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment record.
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How Microsoft loses its 'exclusive status' after OpenAI's $500 billion AI project
OpenAI may now also use cloud providers other than Microsoft
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Microsoft Loosens Its Hold On OpenAI’s Data Center
OpenAI unveils $500 billion Stargate project to emancipate its overreliance on Microsoft's infrastructure — as Elon Musk questions investor liquidity
OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and President Trump unveil a $500 billion dubbed Stargate project to build massive data centers for AI advances in the United States.
Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI amid $500bn joint venture
Says that it still retains exclusive right to offer OpenAI’s API — technology shorthand for application programming interface.
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The Japanese Tech Titan Who Came to Kiss Trump’s Ring
“I am Masayoshi Son, and SoftBank is not a bank ... Big U.S. technology companies, including Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon are set to spend more than $1 trillion in coming ...
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son At Trump AI Announcement: "This Is The Beginning Of Our Golden Age"
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a White House press conference on President Donald Trump's plan for AI infrastructure investment. MASA SON, SOFTBANK: Oh, thank you. That would be helpful. That's good.
SoftBank Shares Soar as Masayoshi Son’s AI Vision Coalesces
Shares of SoftBank Group Corp. jumped as much as 8.1% after US President Donald Trump announced a multi-billion dollar push by the Japanese company, OpenAI and Oracle Corp. to build AI infrastructure in the US.
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Tech Titans Unite: Microsoft, OpenAI, and Oracle's Groundbreaking AI Collaboration
Microsoft has revised key terms in its deal with OpenAI following the latter's joint venture with Oracle and SoftBank to build $500 billion of AI data centers in the US. The initiative, called Stargate,
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son will lead massive $500 billion Stargate project with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle’s Larry Ellison
Trump was joined by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, who said the investment would start with $100 billion, plus a goal of $500
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8 Lessons from the Career of Softbank’s Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank, the Japanese media technology conglomerate, is often cast as a dreamer, financial engineer, and speculator. But his career — which has spanned the launch of the personal computer and internet,
Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI amid $500 billion joint venture
Microsoft on Tuesday said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan's SoftBank Group to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.