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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Finds a New Golden Boy in Sam Altman
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:12:37
Publish Date: 2025-02-05 08:01:00
Description:

The Japanese conglomerate’s CEO is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost Altman’s OpenAI, in what would be the biggest ever investment in a startup. The two companies also announced a joint venture this week. Startups and venture capital reporter Berber Jin joins host Pierre Bienaimé to talk about Son’s track record and what that fresh capital means for OpenAI. Plus, markets reporter Matt Wirz takes a look at the mountain of competing investments from every corner of Wall Street.


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