OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is seeking to raise US$40 billion in a fresh round of funding that would value the startup at a staggering US$340 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Jan 30).

Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group Corp. is considering investing up to $25 billion in OpenAI, the developer of the widely used artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, the Financial Times reported Thursday.

The development follows concerns sparked by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which recently introduced a highly advanced chatbot at a significantly lower cost than its American rivals, unsettling the mark

Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank, the Japanese media technology conglomerate, is often cast as a dreamer, financial engineer, and speculator. But his career — which has spanned the launch of the personal computer and internet,

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Gov, a version of its flagship chatbot that’s tailored to government agencies. The company says the tool will let US government agencies securely access OpenAI’s frontier models,

Joining Trump fresh off his inauguration at the White House were Masayoshi Son of SoftBank ... leader with the 2022 launch of its ChatGPT, a chatbot that captivated the public imagination with ...

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is seeking to raise $40 billion in a fresh round of funding that would value the startup at a staggering $340 billion, the Wall Street Journal Reported on Thursday.

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

From left: Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank; Larry Ellison, executive chairman of Oracle; and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI listen to President Trump speak at the White House on Jan. 21 ...

The report comes after Chinese's DeepSeek sparked panic with a new chatbot developed at a fraction of the cost of its US competitors.