OpenAI partners with Korea’s Kakao after inking SoftBank Japanese JV
On the heels of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek making a huge splash in OpenAI's American backyard, OpenAI is expanding in Asia, ...
This Week in AI: Billionaires talk automating jobs away
In this edition of This Week in AI, TechCrunch's regular AI newsletter, we talk SoftBank's job-automating plans for OpenAI's ...
OpenAI expands in Asia with Kakao and Softbank partnerships
OpenAI announced strategic partnerships with South Korea's KakaoTalk and Japan's SoftBank that will see significant collaboration on new Enterprise AI models.
Major California real estate firm leans into private listings. Critics say buyers and sellers will be hurt
Compass is pushing sellers to list their homes privately. Critics say it’s just an effort to gain market share in a slumping ...
SoftBank Is Betting Billions That OpenAI’s Agents Will Automate Work
SoftBank said in a press release that it plans to automate over 100 million workflows among its companies, which could ...
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son says AGI will arrive ‘much earlier’ than he thought
It’s also making a Japanese joint venture with OpenAI, will spend $3 billion deploying OpenAI tech across SoftBank companies, ...
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SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI stepped up their AI partnership Monday, setting up a 50-50 held company ...
SoftBank commits to joint venture with OpenAI, will spend $3 billion per year on OpenAI's tech
SoftBank has committed to spending $3 billion per year to use OpenAI’s tech, according to a joint announcement on Monday ...
How SoftBank bet and lost billions on WeWork
Masayoshi Masa — founder of Japanese investment company SoftBank — was due to visit the headquarters of WeWork in New York ...
Masayoshi Son Picks Odd Time To Bet Big On OpenAI
The SoftBank boss could throw another $25 billion into the artificial intelligence company, according to a Financial Times ...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Are AI’s New Power Couple
In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, Masayoshi Son was stewing. After declaring for years the imminent arrival of ...