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ChatGPT's new tool can do work at level of a ‘research analyst’

OpenAI and ChatGPT logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023.
Published on Feb 03, 2025 02:14 PM IST

Stargate: OpenAI, SoftBank announce $500 billion US-based AI data centre network

The OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 09:51 AM IST

'Born to do this': Masayoshi Son's SoftBank to invest $1.5 billion into OpenAI

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has also publicly expressed admiration for OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman and said he frequently talks to him
Updated on Nov 28, 2024 03:29 PM IST

OpenAI allows its employees to sell $1.5 billion stock to SoftBank: Report

OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken on February 3
Published on Nov 27, 2024 01:26 PM IST

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son may meet PM Narendra Modi today: Report

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting the President/CEO, Softbank Group Corp., Masayoshi Son, in Tokyo on May 23, 2022
Published on Nov 27, 2024 01:22 PM IST

SoftBank CEO rues dumping Nvidia stake, pretends to cry as he hugs Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, left, and Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, during a fireside chat at the Nvidia AI Summit Japan.
Published on Nov 13, 2024 03:16 PM IST

SoftBank CEO inflates AI bubble; He once threatened to set himself on fire for…

So unusual is Masayoshi Son — known as “Masa” — that he is now the subject of two books, one by former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber and another by Alok Sama, a former president of Son’s telecommunications and technology giant Softbank Group International
Updated on Oct 27, 2024 01:09 PM IST

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son loses $2.6 billion in two days. Here's why

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, arrives for the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 02:15 PM IST

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is pivoting to AI and chips: What we know

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is seen. (Reuters)
Published on May 10, 2024 12:01 PM IST

375% return on one startup to help SoftBank get past WeWork woes

SoftBank invested $1.35 billion last November in a Beijing-based company called KE Holdings Inc.
Published on Nov 09, 2020 07:45 AM IST

Paytm to start planning IPO in 22-24 months, says CEO Vijay Shekhar at HT-MintAsia Leadership Summit

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder and CEO of Paytm, during the ‘What it takes to be a global unicorn’ session at the Hindustan Times Mint-Asia Leadership Summit, in Singapore, on Friday
Updated on Sep 06, 2019 03:44 PM IST

This new Japanese robot is designed to hack your emotion

With large attentive eyes and a plush body that’s warm to the touch, a new robot developed in Japan is designed to hack human emotions.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 07:54 AM IST

It’s time to consider SoftBank’s future without Saudi money

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (pictured) has come under criticism over the killing of noted Kingdom critic and journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Published on Oct 25, 2018 04:00 PM IST

SoftBank tightens grip on Yahoo Japan via $2 billion deal with Altaba

SoftBank is investing about $2 billion to raise its stake in Yahoo Japan through an acquisition from US investment company Altaba Inc., announced on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 in a statement.
Updated on Jul 10, 2018 01:33 PM IST

Rajeev Misra elevated as SoftBank vice-president in top management overhaul

Rajeev Misra’s ties to SoftBank date back to 2014. He was hired as head of strategic finance from alternative-asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC, which SoftBank has since acquired.
Published on Jun 21, 2018 10:47 AM IST

2 days after announcing Flipkart-Walmart deal, SoftBank undecided on selling stake

On May 9, hours before Walmart was scheduled to announce the Flipkart acquisition, SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son told an investor call on his company’s earnings that Walmart had agreed to buy a controlling stake in the Indian e-commerce company.
Updated on May 11, 2018 01:41 PM IST

‘Oops’: SoftBank CEO announces Walmart’s Flipkart deal but he didn’t mean to

“Oh, I see here that the Flipkart-Walmart deal isn’t fully confirmed at this point in time,” he said to the laughing audience. “Yabai desune,” he added, which translates in Japanese roughly to “Oops” or “That’s not good.”
Updated on May 09, 2018 06:25 PM IST