Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank, the Japanese media technology conglomerate, is often cast as a dreamer, financial engineer, and speculator. But his career — which has spanned the launch of the personal computer and internet,

The following is adapted from Gambling Man, my new biography of Masayoshi Son. As the Japanese founder and CEO of SoftBank, “Masa”—as he is known to friends and rivals alike—is probably ...

US tech giants are in panic mode as Chinese AI lab DeepSeek's latest model surpasses OpenAIs ChatGPT on Apples US App Store. President Donald Trump and tech leaders announced the $500 billion 'Stargate' initiative to bolster US AI dominance by creating 100,

The scenes evoked the court of a medieval king. Among the visitors in mid-December was Masayoshi Son, the Japanese founder and CEO of media technology conglomerate SoftBank. Son is probably the ...

The initiative announced by President Donald Trump will aim to "secure American leadership in AI" while also creating jobs and economic benefit.

Nvidia Corporation, the world’s largest AI-chip maker recorded its largest single-day loss in NASDAQ, as its share price crashed

Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump’s second inauguration into the Oval Office was highlighted by one singular scene that will remain in viewers’ minds as the emblem of the day: Big Tech’s CEOs and some of the world’s biggest billionaires on center stage.

Trump called the joint venture - known as Stargate - "a new American company that will invest $500 billion at least in AI infrastructure in the United States," promising that it will create more than 100,000 jobs. He made clear that the initiative is aimed at thwarting China and its AI efforts.

Their mutual friction goes back to the foundational ideals of OpenAI. But now both seem to have Trump’s favour: Elon Musk as DOGE boss and Sam Altman as a participant in America’s Stargate project.

President Donald Trump's first days in office already offer signals about how his next four years in the White House may unfold.

Feeling burned by the holdover of Obama administration appointees during his first go-around, Trump swiftly exiled Biden holdovers and moved to test new hires for their fealty to his agenda.