SoftBank weighs its next big A.I. bet SoftBank’s outspoken founder and C.E.O., Masa Son, has long talked about wanting to become a giant in artificial intelligence. Now, the Japanese technology investor is poised to take a stake in OpenAI,

In a significant development, SoftBank will invest $500 million in OpenAI as part of a larger funding round. Japanese telecom giant SoftBank’s Vision Fund will invest $500 million in OpenAI, as reported by The Information on September 30.