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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said OpenAI's next model is being designed by AI in a sign of "super intelligence." Son said his previous forecast of artificial super intelligence arriving in ten years was "conservative" and he expects it will be here sooner.

Marley Kayden explains why crude oil is climbing again as renewed Middle East tensions support prices. Sam Vadas breaks down the rally in SoftBank shares fueled by AI and OpenAI investment optimism.

In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, discusses the "tremendous" opportunities in AI, and his view that any market correction would be "the best investment opportunity time." He speaks with CNBC's Arjun Kharpal in Paris.

Japan's Softbank is planning to invest 45 billion euros ($53 billion) over five years to build AI infrastructure in France in the first phase of its push. The commitment is part of a 75-billion-euro ($87 billion) program by Softbank to build AI data centers in France

Japan's SoftBank Group will invest €45 billion over the next five years in a push to build up artificial intelligence infrastructure in France, founder Masayoshi Son told the paper La Tribune Dimanche in an interview published on Saturday.

SoftBank Group stock surged nearly 13% on Tuesday, hitting a record intraday high of 8,000 yen and emerging as the best performer on the Nikkei 225. The move extended the stock's winning run to a fourth straight session, turning Masayoshi Son's technology investment group into one of the clearest market winners from the latest wave of AI enthusiasm.

Shares of SoftBank Group extended gains for a second straight session Friday. The rally tracks a sharp rise in Arm Holdings shares overnight in the U.S.

SoftBank has committed more than $60 billion to OpenAI to date, with founder Masayoshi Son reportedly convinced Sam Altman is leading the most important technology shift of the century. But as rival Anthropic gains ground, questions are growing - even inside SoftBank - about whether the company may be too heavily tied to OpenAI's success.

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has bet $60 billion on Sam Altman and OpenAI. Find out what's driving his conviction — and why some see a risky, one‑sided dynamic emerging — on the Big Take Asia Podcast.

SoftBank Corp. (SOBKY) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Japanese conglomerate SoftBank's quarterly profits jumped nearly threefold thanks to its stake in OpenAI. The company released earnings Wednesday (May 13) showing its net profit more than tripled to 1.83 trillion yen, or $11.6 billion.

Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group posted a sharp rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday as surging gains from its investment in OpenAI boosted the performance of its Vision Fund business. The company reported a net profit of 1.9 trillion yen ($12.05 billion) for the January-March quarter, compared with a profit of 517 billion yen in the same period a year earlier.

SoftBank Group is expected by analysts to report another robust quarterly profit on Wednesday as the technology investor benefits from its growing OpenAI bet, though concerns are increasing over the debt it is taking on to fund it.
