Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest $15B to $25B in OpenAI on top of its $15B+ commitment to Stargate; the deal would make SoftBank OpenAI's biggest backer
Deal would make Japanese group biggest financial backer in ChatGPT maker — SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI …
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Discussion
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@garymarcus
Gary Marcus
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Did I mention that I thought that OpenAI might end up being the WeWork of AI? — All they need is like $15B from Masa. Oh wait... [embedded post]
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@marypcbuk
Mary Branscombe
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SoftBank promised Trump it would invest a chunk of change in the US; this and Stargate are the first deals [embedded post]
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@niedermeyer.online
E.W. Niedermeyer
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forget Deepseek, this is how you know the AI party is ending [embedded post]
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@zbs
@zbs
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What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss? [embedded post]
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@joshuaogundu
Josh
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I think we all remember what happens when SoftBank gets involved
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@zachweinberg
@zachweinberg
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The top has been called.
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@buccocapital
@buccocapital
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Everyone: I wonder how much OpenAI would be down on the DeepSeek news if it was a public company? Masa:
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r/ValueInvesting
r
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As if OpenAI's week couldn't get any worse. SoftBank to invest $25B.