Japan/Economy/SoftBank is in talks to invest tens of billions more dollars into OpenAI

SoftBank is in talks to invest tens of billions more dollars into OpenAI

Jan 28, 20264 sources

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Jan 28, 2026SoftBank is in talks to invest tens of billions more dollars into OpenAI4 sources

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Summary

SoftBank, the Japanese technology investment giant, is in advanced discussions to invest up to $30 billion more into OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. This would be a massive additional investment on top of the billions SoftBank has already committed to the AI sector. In a related move, SoftBank also recently led a $70 million funding round for Emergent, an artificial intelligence startup based in India.

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SoftBank in talks to invest up to $30 billion more in OpenAI, source says

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