eclipsing the $16bn that SoftBank injected into failed office space group WeWork. OpenAI has raised roughly $20bn over multiple funding rounds, including around $13bn from its principal backer Microsoft, leading to a $157bn valuation in 2024. SoftBank ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Stargate, a $500 billion AI infrastructure project that's expected to provide 100,000 jobs and boost the American economy, but Elon Musk believes the three companies leading the project don't have the funds.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later.

Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son called the launch of Stargate the "beginning of a golden age," aligning with Trump’s vision for the US under his leadership. Son also committed to investing $100 billion in US projects over the next four years,

The businessman once said the Internet of Things would be the "greatest paradigm shift in the history of humankind" and SoftBank poured billions into startup WeWork, which later went bankrupt.

Trump was joined by SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle Corp.’s Larry Ellison at the White House to announce the venture, dubbed Stargate, which they said would deploy $100 billion immediately with the goal of eventually spending $500 billion for the construction of data centers and physical campuses.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter.

SoftBank is negotiating a $500 million investment in Skild AI, a software company building a foundational model for robotics at a $4 billion valuation,

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.