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Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI amid $500 bln joint venture
Microsoft (MSFT.O) has announced that it changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle (ORCL.N) and Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T) to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.
Meet Masayoshi Son, the billionaire SoftBank founder helping fund the Stargate AI joint venture
Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

Microsoft Loses Exclusivity as OpenAI Cloud Provider

Microsoft loses OpenAI exclusive cloud provider status to $500 billion Stargate project — as the ChatGPT maker races to hoist the AGI flag first
How Microsoft loses its 'exclusive status' after OpenAI's $500 billion AI project
OpenAI may now also use cloud providers other than Microsoft
Masa Son, Trump's Japanese Buddy With The Midas Touch
Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming US President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant pig farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment record.
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The Japanese Tech Titan Who Came to Kiss Trump’s Ring
“I am Masayoshi Son, and SoftBank is not a bank ... Big U.S. technology companies, including Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon are set to spend more than $1 trillion in coming ...
OpenAI unveils $500 billion Stargate project to emancipate its overreliance on Microsoft's infrastructure — as Elon Musk questions investor liquidity
OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and President Trump unveil a $500 billion dubbed Stargate project to build massive data centers for AI advances in the United States.
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son At Trump AI Announcement: "This Is The Beginning Of Our Golden Age"
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a White House press conference on President Donald Trump's plan for AI infrastructure investment. MASA SON, SOFTBANK: Oh, thank you. That would be helpful. That's good.
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Microsoft Loosens Its Hold On OpenAI’s Data Center
Microsoft on Tuesday said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan’s SoftBank Group to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.
SoftBank Shares Soar as Masayoshi Son’s AI Vision Coalesces
Shares of SoftBank Group Corp. jumped as much as 8.1% after US President Donald Trump announced a multi-billion dollar push by the Japanese company, OpenAI and Oracle Corp. to build AI infrastructure in the US.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son will lead massive $500 billion Stargate project with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle’s Larry Ellison
Trump was joined by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, who said the investment would start with $100 billion, plus a goal of $500 billion over the course of four years.
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Masayoshi Son, Trump's Japanese buddy with the Midas Touch
Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming U.S. President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant pig farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment record. Trump's "friend Masa" was born in Japan in 1957 to ethnic Korean parents who scratched a living rearing chickens
SoftBank, OpenAI launch $500 billion AI infrastructure project, Masayoshi Son named chairman
The investment brings together an alliance of tech giants. While SoftBank and OpenAI are lead partners—with SoftBank handling financials and OpenAI managing operations—Oracle and MGX have also joined as equity funders.