By Sam Nussey and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later.

Tokyo stocks were sharply higher Wednesday morning, led by rises in SoftBank Group following news it would be part of a massive artif

Tokyo stocks ended sharply higher Wednesday, driven by gains in semiconductor-related shares following news that SoftBank Group will

SoftBank Group shares jumped after the company and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced plans to invest up to half a trillion dollars in artificial-intelligence infrastructure in the U.S. Shares rose 8.8% to 10,060 yen, or equivalent to $64.69, on Wednesday in Tokyo, after climbing as much as 9.2% earlier, to their highest level since July.

Bengaluru – SoftBank Group and OpenAI each plan to commit US$19 billion (S$25.7 billion) of capital to Stargate, the mega US AI endeavor President Donald Trump unveiled this week, the Information reported.

The two companies would then both own 40% of Stargate, the tech outlet said, citing comments by Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman to colleagues

SOFTBANK Group and OpenAI each plan to commit US$19 billion of capital to Stargate, the US$100 billion US artificial intelligence (AI) endeavour President Donald Trump unveiled this week, the Information reported.

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after China rolled out more moves to try to boost its lagging stock markets by raising confidence that prices will rise. Officials in Beijing

Notable gains were observed in key stocks such as Toyota, SoftBank Group, and Advantest. The broader TOPIX index rebounded after three sessions of losses, closing 31.85 points, or 1.19 percent higher at 2,711.27.

SoftBank, Oracle and others have very big artificial-intelligence spending plans with very little detail. Investors are very pleased. On Tuesday, the new Trump administration said the companies wou

The rapid development of AI systems over the past two years has stretched American infrastructure, with data centres emerging as a particular bottleneck. Cutting-edge chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude require enormous amounts of data and computing power to train and run.

(Reuters) -OpenAI and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank will each commit $19 billion to fund Stargate, a joint venture to develop data centers for artificial intelligence in the U.S., the Information reported on Wednesday.