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Softbank He adhered to spending $ 3 billion annually for itself and for its affiliates to use Openai technology, according to a joint announcement on Monday.
The two also announced a new joint venture, described by “SB Openai Japan”, which will market Enterprise Tech exclusively for major companies in Japan.
Softbank will be given and its branches will reach Chatgpt Enterprise, Openai's API, custom models and agents such as OperatorHe describes as “an agent who can go to the web to perform tasks for you”, such as planning vacations and filling out forms. It will also include access to the latest OpenAi agent feature, as soon as it is launched: a tool called “Research” which Openai will be able to perform a multi -step analysis on the web. Softbank has described all Openai products that you will use as a set of “Cristal Intelligence” tools.
armThe British chips designer obtained from Softbank in 2016 will use the Openai tools “to increase productivity through the company,” according to the announcement.
In an event that was broadcast early on Monday morning, in which Softbank, SoftBank Group, Openai and ARM, such as the executive managers of the public, were participating in the companies that represent more than half of the market value in Japan, according to Softbank.
During the presentation, Bon said he believed that artificial general intelligence, or AGI – a mysterious standard that indicates artificial intelligence that equals or transcends human thought in a wide range of tasks – will be a reality in less than 10 years.
Sun said through a translator that he believes that “AGI can be achieved in large institutions companies first,” adding this to achieve this, “a large amount of money is necessary” and that these funds “are only available in large companies at the present time”
Softbank and Openai strategic news in Openai comes days after CNBC confirmed that Openai is in talks to raise it Up to 40 billion dollars In a funding tour led by Masayoshi Son's Softbank, with an evaluation of $ 340 billion.
Softbank will contribute between $ 15 billion and 25 billion dollars, according to two people familiar with the negotiations that they requested not to be called because the talks are continuing. If the tour is completed, Softbank will go beyond Microsoft As the best supporter in Openai.
Part of the financing can be used for Openai's commitment to Stargate, a joint venture between Softbank, Openai and Oracle Which was presented by President Donald Trump Last week, the sources said. The plan calls for investing billions of dollars in the infrastructure of the American spontaneous organization.
During the presentation on Monday morning, Ibn said he was looking to work with Openai, Oracle and others in the Stargate project.
The last value of 157 billion dollars by private sector investors. In late 2022, the company launched Chatgpt Chatbot, and began a mutation in artificial intelligence. Openai I closed the latest round of $ 6.6 billion in OctoberShe is preparing to compete strongly Elon Musk Xai, as well as Microsoft, Googleand Amazon And the anthropologist.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Deepseek start laboratory has become a virus in the United States, where he presented a new competition to Openai. Dibsic saw its application shaving To Apple Application store classifications this week and US markets toured reports that its strong model has been trained on a small part of the cost of American competitors.
At an event in Washington, DC on Thursday, hosted by Openai, the CEO of Deepseek said that Deepseek is “clearly a great model.”
“This is a reminder of the level of competition and the need for a democratic victory,” he said. He also indicates “the level of interest in thinking and the level of interest in the open source.”
