SoftBank is in discussions to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI, as per an FT report. This massive investment would possibly make it the largest financial backer of the ChatGPT maker. This investment is part of a broader collaboration between the two companies on a large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure project.

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The deal, if it were to go through, would make the Japanese tech investment fund the largest outside stakeholder in OpenAI, overtaking Microsoft.

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SoftBank is reportedly in advanced discussions to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI. SoftBank is in talks to invest $25 billion in OpenAI, making it the largest investor in the ChatGPT maker. If finalized,

SoftBank is in talks to inject up to $25 billion directly into OpenAI, positioning the Japanese tech conglomerate to become the ChatGPT maker's largest financial backer, according to initial reporting from the Financial Times on Wednesday evening.

Davos | San Francisco | SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $US25 billion ($40 billion) into OpenAI, in a deal which would make it the ChatGPT maker’s biggest financial backer, as the pair partner on a massive new artificial intelligence infrastructure project.