TOKYO -- Japanese tech investor SoftBank Group's Vision Fund 2 seeks to acquire up to $1.5 billion in additional shares of OpenAI, raising its bet on the ChatGPT developer, it was learned Wednesday.
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SoftBank to buy up to $1.5bn in OpenAI stock from ChatGPT maker's employees
Japanese tech investor builds on $500m Vision Fund stake
SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said OpenAI's newest generative AI model has the ability "to think." (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)
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