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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has also publicly expressed admiration for OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman and said he frequently talks to him(Reuters)
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‘This is what I was born to do’: Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank to invest another $1.5 billion into OpenAI for AI development

SoftBank is planning to buy $1.5 billion worth of OpenAI stock as its CEO Masayoshi Son looks to position the Japanese group as an artificial…

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OpenAI allows its employees to sell $1.5 billion stock to Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank: Report

Nov 27, 2024 01:26 PM IST SoftBank’s billionaire CEO Masayoshi Son has been persistently seeking a larger stake in OpenAI after investing in the last…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting the President/CEO, Softbank Group Corp., Masayoshi Son, in Tokyo on May 23, 2022(ANI)
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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son may meet PM Narendra Modi today: Report

Nov 27, 2024 01:22 PM IST SoftBank is eyeing more bets in AI in India and also after having reaped huge gains with the public…

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So unusual is Masayoshi Son — known as “Masa” — that he is now the subject of two books, one by former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber and another by Alok Sama, a former president of Son’s telecommunications and technology giant Softbank Group International(Reuters)
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AI bubble inflated by SoftBank CEO who once threatened to set himself on fire for…

(Bloomberg Opinion) – Masayoshi Son is man of extremes. His $20 million bet on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. became the most successful of all time…

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Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, arrives for the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho.(Reuters)
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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son loses $2.6 billion in two days. Here’s why

Aug 02, 2024 02:15 PM IST Masayoshi Son is up about $2.7 billion from the $11.3 billion at the starting of the year, as per…

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Paytm: Elevation Capital’s massive gamble on Paytm backfires

Elevation Capital, the largest institutional shareholder in One 97 Communications– owner of digital payments brand Paytm– is staring at a massive erosion in the worth…

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US immigration: 2024 H-1B registrations will open on this date
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Oyo founder’s wedding: Ritesh Agarwal seeks blessings of SoftBank’s Son

Billionaire investor and SoftBank Group Founder Masayoshi Son on Tuesday attended the wedding reception of Oyo Founder Ritesh Agarwal in New Delhi. In the pictures…

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zoho: Zoho India FY22 profit rises 43% to Rs 2,748.83 crore
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masayoshi son india visit: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son meets top startup founders, CEOs on India visit

On his day long visit to New Delhi on Tuesday, SoftBank Corp founder and chief executive officer Masayoshi Son met a set of top Indian…

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