SoftBank is building an AI warchest |
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| SoftBank might be deepening its ties with OpenAI. The Japanese investment giant is in talks to borrow $5 billion from global banks for a margin loan secured by its shares in chipmaker Arm, aiming to fund additional investments in OpenAI, Bloomberg reported on Friday. |
| It marks the latest in a string of major AI investments by SoftBank as the company aims to capitalize on the technology’s boom. Last week, the firm announced its $5.4 billion acquisition of the robotics unit of Swiss engineering firm ABB. It also acquired Ampere Computing, a semiconductor company, in March for $6.5 billion. |
| But perhaps the biggest beneficiary of SoftBank’s largesse has been OpenAI. |
| The model maker raised $40 billion in a funding round in late March, the biggest private funding round in history, with SoftBank investing $30 billion as its primary backer. The companies are also working side by side on Project Stargate, a $500 billion AI data center buildout aimed at bolstering the tech’s development in the U.S. |
| SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has long espoused his vision for Artificial Super Intelligence, or “AI that is ten thousand times more intelligent than human wisdom,” and has targeted a few central areas in driving that charge: AI chips, robots, data centers, and energy, along with continued investment in generative AI. |
| With OpenAI’s primary mission being its dedication to the development of artificial general intelligence, SoftBank may see the firm as central to its goal. |
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