OpenAI and SoftBank Partner on Enterprise AI Solutions in Japan

Group 1 - OpenAI and SoftBank Group have established a joint venture named SB OpenAI Japan to market enterprise AI solutions in Japan, specifically "Cristal intelligence" [1] - SoftBank will invest $3 billion annually to integrate Cristal intelligence with existing tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise across its group companies [2] - The joint venture aims to automate over 100 million workflows and provide priority access to OpenAI's latest AI models for SoftBank Group companies [3] Group 2 - OpenAI's CEO stated that the partnership with SoftBank will accelerate the vision of bringing transformative AI to influential companies, starting with Japan [4] - OpenAI is reportedly in talks for a $40 billion funding round, which would value the company at $300 billion, with SoftBank potentially investing between $15 billion and $25 billion [4] - Part of the capital raised will support OpenAI's commitment of $18 billion to the Stargate AI infrastructure joint venture, which includes SoftBank [5] Group 3 - The Stargate project, valued at up to $500 billion, aims to build AI-focused data centers in the U.S. and includes partners like OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX [6]