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OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son are AI’s New Power Couple
The Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer.
Helion raises $425 mln from SoftBank's venture arm, hits $5.4 bln valuation
Helion, a startup working to generate electricity from nuclear fusion, on Tuesday said it has raised $425 million in venture ...
Sam Altman, SoftBank invest in $425M round for Helion, a Seattle-area startup chasing fusion power
Seattle-area company Helion Energy gets $425 million from investors including Sam Altman and Softbank to pursue clean ...
Tech Up After Mixed Batch of Earnings -- Tech Roundup
Shares of technology companies rose after a mixed batch of earnings. Shares of Microsoft slid after the software giant's cloud-computing unit's growth fell short of Wall Street analysts' projections.
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A Former OpenAI Leader Jumps to Felicis; SoftBank Doubles Down
OpenAI is in talks to raise another giant round, of about $40 billion, led by SoftBank, which would value the ChatGPT maker ...
OpenAI in talks to raise up to $40B that would value ChatGPT owner at $340B: report
Some of the funding would be used to help cover OpenAI’s $18 billion commitment to the recently announced Stargate project.
Oracle gets $7.75 billion vote of confidence from bond investors despite DeepSeek worries
Oracle Corp. on Thursday received a $7.75 billion shot of confidence from bond investors to help refinance a huge pile of old ...
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How DeepSeek will upend the AI pecking order
The cause of investors’ panic was DeepSeek, an obscure Chinese hedge fund turned AI startup that has blown analysts away with ...