The SoftBank boss could throw another $25 billion into the artificial intelligence company, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday. Click to read.

It could be one of the biggest private computing infrastructure projects in history — or a disaster.

SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI, potentially surpassing Microsoft as its largest investor, as OpenAI seeks new funding for AI infrastructure expansion.

After getting epically roasted by the AI industry, OpenAI is seemingly refusing to reevaluate its approach, asking investors to close their eyes and give them another $40 billion anyway, pretty please.

In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, Masayoshi Son was stewing. After declaring for years the imminent arrival of the artificial-intelligence revolution,

The AI expert’s remarks come as OpenAI and other Silicon Valley giants face a reckoning following DeepSeek’s success.

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.

Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

Japanese multinational conglomerate, SoftBank, is said to be in advanced talks to invest as much as $25 billion in OpenAI . According to the Financial Times, the investment could be part of a larger partnership, where SoftBank would invest over $40 billion into AI initiatives with the ChatGPT creator.

SoftBank is in negotiations to invest between $15 billion and $25 billion directly into OpenAI, in addition to committing more than $15 billion to Stargate.

This follows the announcement of Stargate, a $500 billion initiative by SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle aimed at keeping the U.S. ahead in the global AI race.