SoftBank is planning to buy $1.5 billion worth of OpenAI stock as CEO Masayoshi Son looks to position the Japanese group as an artificial intelligence leader
Masayoshi Son is a man of extremes with his $20 million bet on Alibaba becoming the most successful of all time when it grew to over $70 billion after a decade
SoftBank Vision Fund is set to invest $500 million in OpenAI, which is aiming to raise $6.5 billion. This funding round comes amid executive changes at OpenAI.