SoftBank Group is reportedly preparing to raise up to $60bn in fresh debt to fund its swelling bet on OpenAI, a target that would eclipse any previous bond sale by the Japanese conglomerate. The plan …
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed concerns about an AI bubble as 'absurd' during his company's annual corporate conference in Tokyo, arguing that critics don't understand AI and predicting that AI …
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son predicts 1 billion humanoid robots will exist by 2040, saying 'the era when humans are the most superior beings will end.' Son also forecast 100 tri…
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said Tuesday that concerns about an artificial intelligence investment bubble are absurd, estimating that nearly $5 trillion in annual global investment is needed to m…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that AI users pay a 'double cost' of money and 'unique knowledge,' validating Japan's industrial policy of pursuing domestic AI to control data sovereignty and intel…
Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, said Tuesday at the company's annual corporate conference in Tokyo that building artificial intelligence will cost $5 trillion per year by 2040, calling bubble talk 'ab…
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son declared on Tuesday that artificial intelligence will need $5 trillion in annual investment by 2040, dismissing bubble fears as 'absurd.' Speaking at SoftBank's annual…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son projects that artificial intelligence will require $5 trillion in annual investment by 2040, calling skeptics of AI growth 'irrational' and stating the AI revolution could b…
SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son said nuclear fusion will become the main source of cheap, clean energy for AI data centers within 15 years, predicting the world will need 3 terawatts of data cent…
Apple filed suit against OpenAI on July 13, claiming the AI company used partnership resources to develop a competing AI-first device, in a case that will define whether model builders can vertically …
AI executives including Pat Gelsinger and Lumentum report demand is nearly unlimited, with energy as the only constraint, but chip and data-center stocks are volatile as the PHLX chip index's 60% year…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are personally courting tech CEOs to secure AI infrastructure investments, with Macron texting SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to land…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are personally courting tech CEOs to secure AI infrastructure investments, resulting in tens of billions of dollars in commitme…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed Elon Musk's vision for orbital data centers, arguing they won't cut costs quickly enough to matter in the AI race. On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, editors noted th…
OpenAI began a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 series, renamed Sol, Terra, and Luna after US government consultations, signaling tighter national security oversight of advanced AI. Meanwhile, China's 6…
Global tech stocks experienced extreme volatility this week, with AI-related shares swinging sharply amid concerns about high capital expenditure and rising chip costs. Apple's price hike on iPads and…
SoftBank Group shares fell 12% on concerns that OpenAI's IPO timeline may be delayed, exposing the Japanese conglomerate's leveraged $60 billion bet on the AI company. The stock dropped 11% in early J…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed fears of an AI bubble as 'blasphemy' during his company's annual general meeting, arguing that AI's potential is just beginning. SoftBank has invested over $64 bil…
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed Elon Musk's idea of building AI data centers in space, arguing that the high cost and long timeline make it impractical. Son emphasized that Softbank is focused on…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed concerns about an AI bubble, calling such talk an 'insult' to a revolution just beginning, and vowed to delay retirement by another 10-15 years to capitalize on th…