SoftBank completes $41 billion investment in OpenAI, deepening bet on AI

By Krystal Hu Dec 30 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group said it completed a $41 billion investment in OpenAI, one of the largest-ever private funding ​rounds that would give the Japanese firm a stake of about ‌11% in the ChatGPT maker. SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has made an "all in" bet on ‌OpenAI and is expanding investment in artificial intelligence and related infrastructure, hoping to capitalize on surging demand for the computing capacity that underpins AI applications. The completion of the l ...