OpenAI's undefined revenue streams fumbled a $30 billion investment but later saw a $500 billion kickback with "a clear focus of converting to a for-profit entity"
SoftBank Vision Funds CFO revealed the institution had the opportunity to invest $30 billion in OpenAI in 2023 but didn't ...
Nvidia's new customer, OpenAI's agents, and Microsoft's warning: AI news roundup
Semiconductor leader Nvidia announced this week that Japan’s SoftBank Group (SFTBY) will be the first to receive its highly ...
SoftBank Books $7.7 Billion Quarterly Gain as Vision Fund Finds Its Feet Again
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group swung to a 1.18 trillion yen ($7.7 billion) net profit in the three months to ...
SoftBank planning supercomputer with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips, Bloomberg reports
SoftBank’s (SFTBY) telecom unit plans to build an AI supercomputer in Japan using Nvidia’s (NVDA) DGX B200 platform, as well as a ...
Jensen Huang says SoftBank's Masayoshi Son once offered to help him buy out Nvidia — but he passed
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he turned down a chance to buy out the chip giant, while SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son regretted ...
One of OpenAI's biggest new investors explains why it made its $500 million bet
The Japanese conglomerate was part of an investment round that OpenAI unveiled last month that valued the ChatGPT maker at ...
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SoftBank Corp. Develops Orchestrator to Operate AI and vRAN on the Same Virtualized Infrastructure
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO:9434, “SoftBank”) announced it developed the orchestrator that enables AI applications and vRAN (virtualized Radio Access Networ ...
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Nvidia and SoftBank pilot world's first AI and 5G telecom network
The network can run AI and 5G workloads concurrently, a process known as an artificial intelligence radio access network (AI-RAN), the companies said ...
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SoftBank Corp. Announces Development of “AITRAS,” a Converged AI-RAN Solution
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO:9434, “SoftBank”) announced it launched full-fledged initiatives to develop “AITRAS,” a convergence ...
SoftBank to Get First New Nvidia Chips for Japan Supercomputer
SoftBank Group Corp. will be the first Nvidia Corp. customer to build a supercomputer based on the chipmaker’s new Blackwell ...
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SoftBank Corp. and Fujitsu Strengthen Partnership for Realization of AI-RAN Commercialization
SoftBank Corp. (1) ("SoftBank") and Fujitsu Limited (2) ("Fujitsu") signed a memorandum of understanding on October 25, 2024, to strengthen their partnership toward realizing the commercialization of ...
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NVIDIA and SoftBank Corp. Accelerate Japan’s Journey to Global AI Powerhouse
SoftBank Building Nation’s Most Powerful AI Supercomputer With NVIDIA Blackwell for Wide Range of Sovereign AI Initiatives, Announces Plans for Grace Blackwell NVIDIA AI Aerial Enables SoftBank to ...