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SoftBank is an interview that he invested as much as $ 25 billion in Openi, in an agreement that would make him the largest financial support from the Chatgpt manufacturer, as a partner couple on a large new artificial intelligence project.
Two companies announced last week They would lead a joint investment that would spend $ 100 billion on Stargate – a spacious data center project advertised by US President Donald Trump – with the figure rose to as much as $ 500 billion over the next four years.
Softbank is an interview that he invested $ 15-25 billion directly in Openi, with his commitment more than $ 15 billion Stargate, according to more people with direct knowledge of negotiations.
Ultimately, the Japanese company could spend more than $ 40 billion on its partnership with Openi. “The conversations are ongoing, and the amount that SoftBank could invest in the primary capital in Open and is a moving target,” said one person familiar with the issue.
Openai is also for Invest about $ 15 billion In Stargate. Investing in Capital SoftBank in Openi could cover the dedication of the latter project of AI infrastructure USA, according to several people with direct knowledge of the agreement.
The agreement, which is not completed, is the ambitious Gambit of the founder S
Investing in the amount of $ 15 billion or more would make the Japanese investor with the largest one support. Microsoft-Koji first invested in Openai in 2019.-Finishing the Start-up shareholder.
Leading technological figures like Elon Musk have earlier questioned as huge costs For the construction of the star door it will be filled.
More people close to the project said that the son’s plan to take over the big share in Openi -Ii fulfills his Stargate’s obligations, the senior managers and the Committee at Openi.
Son has been courting Altman for years, while a technological investor seeks to establish as a primary player in the development and progress of AI.
The Japanese billionaire sees that he gets a higher share in the Openi as the central part of the wider strategy for fulfilling his independent mission to lead to so-called “superintelligence”, a technology that goes beyond people’s cognitive abilities.
The sons of ambition in AI start from the creation of electricity to robots to data centers, and people close to the founder of SoftBank have said that he still believes that the design of the semiconductor, based in the UK, can produce their own AI chips.
During his career, Son took huge bets, including through some highly influential investments that have dramatically succeeded before making high return.
S If Son consumes $ 40 billion or more, it will be one of his biggest investments, eclipseing $ 16 billion injected into a failed Wework spacecraft.
Openii raised approximately $ 20 billion in multiple financing circles, including about $ 13 billion from his main supporter Microsoft, leading to an estimate of $ 157 billion in 2024. Softbank bought a $ 2 billion in OpenAI last year.
But Altman explored ways of reducing his company’s dependence on Microsoft to calculate resources, including the development of his own chips and partnership with other cloud services such as Oracle. As part of the Stargate Agreement, Microsoft agreed that he would give up his position of exclusive Openi Provider.
It is expected that about fifths of the total financing of Stargate will be capital, according to people who are close to discussion. Stargate will also need to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars provided with its property and cash flow, using a financial structure that is usually used for large infrastructure projects.
Openai’s Board is also in the middle Complex negotiations Becoming a profit company, in the switch intended to allow Openi to collect dozens of billions of dollars more from the investor.
Softbank and Openi refused to comment.
Additional Leo Lewis reporting in Tokyo
