SoftBank is planning to buy $1.5 billion worth of OpenAI stock as CEO Masayoshi Son looks to position the Japanese group as an artificial intelligence leader

As India makes strides in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors, SoftBank’s Founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has said that the country can become the AI chip capital of

Son met Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Day 1 in Mumbai and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the second day in the national capital.

Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp , will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Japan's SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son, currently visiting India, reportedly met InMobi Founder and CEO Naveen Tewari on Wednesday to discuss potential collaborations in consumer tech and AI, according to sources.

SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son urged the founders of his portfolio startups in India to “work” on AI with a 10-year perspective.

The meeting convened a powerhouse of India’s startup ecosystem, including Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm), Naveen Tewari (InMobi), and Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy.

Masayoshi Son, founder of SoftBank, is visiting India to explore opportunities in the tech and AI sectors. His meetings with key leaders highlight SoftBank's investment interests in Indian startups.

MUMBAI: Billionaire investor and SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son met PM Narendra Modi and 20 startup founders in New Delhi on Wednesday, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told TOI.Son's India visit comes at a time when a clutch of SoftBank's portfolio startups including Swiggy,

SoftBank is eyeing more bets in AI in India and also after having reaped huge gains with the public listings of the companies it backs like that of Swiggy