He was just able to handle it. When you're talking to Masayoshi Son, how are you getting his attention? Lionel Barber: Well, the first time I turned up in Tokyo, I was told he was too busy to see me.

Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman first met each other in 2017 at SoftBank’s offices in Tokyo, the ...

SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son and OpenAI Chief Sam Altman appeared at an event in Tokyo, talking up their collaboration and inviting Japanese companies to join. Son, holding a shiny blue crystal ...

TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial ...

The man behind SoftBank has now teamed up with OpenAI to invest up to $500 billion in American AI infrastructure over the next four years.