SoftBank, which sources say is in talks to invest $15B-$25B in OpenAI and $18B in Stargate, could borrow against its $140B+ Arm stake to fund the investments
Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer — In his newly built palace near Tokyo …
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Discussion
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@edzitron.com
Ed Zitron
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I LOVE Masayoshi Son. The entire generative AI market is potentially collapsing and he's screaming “BET IT ALL ON RED” [embedded post]
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@trappercreek
@trappercreek
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Market cap couldn't possibly grow faster than Sam Altman's ego, could it?
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@timothydardar
@timothydardar
on bluesky
No thanks, I'll take the free version from China [embedded post]
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@transylvaniantwist
@transylvaniantwist
on bluesky
Imagine what that money could do if invested in childhood education. Or subsidizing childcare? Or career training programs for non-college grads.
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@jcl68nyr
Klendathu Baraka Nickatnite
on bluesky
Even after deepseek? Huh
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@onodacapital
Hiroo Onoda
on x
$25B at $340B post [image]
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@garymarcus
Gary Marcus
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Warning: Masa's proposed doubling of OpenAI funding seems to me like an effort at building a monopoly that will stifle innovation elsewhere. That may ultimately further erode the US lead in AI, if he is betting on the wrong horse, and more innovative startups are priced out of
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@firstadopter
Tae Kim
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The funniest irony is primary reason Masa has the financial wherewithal to invest in Stargate/OpenAI, funding these massive GPU clusters, is global regulators blocked his deal to sell Arm to Nvidia on the cheap. Otherwise, the upside ($100 billion+) would have accrued to Nvidia.
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@buccocapital
@buccocapital
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OpenAI = $340B Salesforce = $330B I'm sure Benioff will handle the news just fine [image]
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@garymarcus
Gary Marcus
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WeWork was a bargain!
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@wholemarsblog
@wholemarsblog
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but but deepseek...
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@tmnxeq
@tmnxeq
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OpenAI targeting a casual $40bn fundraise, more than doubling it's valuation since last Oct 🤡
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@silvermanjacob
Jacob Silverman
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Just got shown up by DeepSeek for a fraction of the cost but the answer is more money, more compute, and allying with Trump.
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r/singularity
r
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OpenAI in Talks for Huge Investment Round Valuing It Up to $340 Billion | SoftBank would lead $40 billion round for the ChatGPT maker, some of which would go to Stargate AI infrastructure venture