SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter. The startup would be valued at $4 billion,

SoftBank is reportedly considering a historic $25 billion investment in OpenAI, which could surpass Microsoft's stake and position SoftBank as the ChatGPT maker's largest investor.

NEW YORK - Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFR), a company specializing in the development and operation of industrial-scale data centers for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing (HPC) hosting, has received a $50 million investment from SoftBank Group Corp.

SoftBank is in talks to lead a funding round for artificial intelligence robotics start-up Skild AI that would more than double its valuation to close to $4bn, as Masayoshi Son hunts for deals to match his vaunted ambitions for the sector.

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.

President Donald Trump talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to AI by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp. unveiled Project Stargate during a Tuesday press briefing at the White House. The companies intend to build an expansive network of data centers that will be optimized to run AI workloads. OpenAI will be the sole user of the data centers, the Financial Times’ sources said.

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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.

Investing.com -- Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: NASDAQ: CIFR) shares climbed 20% following the announcement of a significant investment by SoftBank (TYO: 9984) Group Corp., indicating a strong market response to the new partnership.

SoftBank Group Corp. is in discussions to invest as much as $25 billion in OpenAI, a move that would potentially make it the AI startup’s biggest backer.