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Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI amid $500 bln joint venture
Microsoft (MSFT.O) has announced that it changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle (ORCL.N) and Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T) to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.
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.

Microsoft Loses Exclusivity as OpenAI Cloud Provider

Microsoft loses OpenAI exclusive cloud provider status to $500 billion Stargate project — as the ChatGPT maker races to hoist the AGI flag first
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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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,
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DeepSeek AI: Why ChatGPT, Google, and Microsoft are worried about China's new gen artificial intelligence
Zero, a model trained via large-scale reinforcement learning (RL) without supervised fine-tuning (SFT) as a preliminary step, demonstrates remarkable reasoning capabilities. Through RL, DeepSeek-R1-Zero naturally emerges with numerous powerful and intriguing reasoning behaviors.
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.
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.
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Microsoft Loosens Its Hold On OpenAI’s Data Center
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.
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.
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Swipes At ‘Stargate’ AI Venture Alongside Musk—Despite OpenAI Backing
Two of the most powerful tech leaders in the world, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are not exactly fans of the $500 billion Stargate AI initiative announced by Trump this week.
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.
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Panic after Sam Altman says AI will require 'changes to social contract' and society
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is under fire for suggesting that artificial intelligence will upend societal norms after President Trump made a huge announcement on AI.