The Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer.

Some of the funding would be used to help cover OpenAI’s $18 billion commitment to the recently announced Stargate project.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday, the Japanese government said on Friday.

SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI. The deal would make it the start-up’s biggest financial backer.

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Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

President Donald Trump, from left, speaks as Masayoshi Son, SoftBank Group CEO, Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle Corporation and chief technology officer, and Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO listen in the ...

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SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI, in a deal which would make it the ChatGPT maker’s biggest ...

President Trump dismissed Elon Musk’s doubts about the $500 billion “Stargate” AI project, citing personal differences.

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