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East Asia is challenging Silicon Valley – by being like Silicon Valley used to be

Silicon Valley has been a universal symbol of innovation for decades. Because of its reputation, governments around the world have tried to foster their own versions by investing heavily in tech hubs.

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OpenAI raises $40bn in deal with SoftBank that values it at $300bn

OpenAI raises $40bn in deal with SoftBank that values it at $300bn

Japanese investor to put $10bn at first into OpenAI and $30bn more by end of 2025 if certain conditions are met

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The nine lives of Masayoshi Son

The nine lives of Masayoshi Son

Leading OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion funding round shows the tech investor's knack for seizing big opportunities.

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First Thing: Markets brace for trade war as Trump prepares reciprocal tariffs

President promises to be ‘very kind’, but critics warn his strategy risks triggering chain reaction and global trade war. Plus, Nasa astronauts reject claims of neglect

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OpenAI secures $300bn valuation in funding round led by SoftBank

The firm has raised $40 billion, one of the largest ever funding rounds secured by a private start-up.

OpenAI valued at 300 billion dollars after record-breaking funding round

The investment makes the AI firm one of the best-funded private start-ups in the world.

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Analyst claims Softbank bought Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion to help OpenAI's chip ambitions

Did SoftBank spend $6.5 billion on Ampere to power OpenAI’s massive Stargate project?

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SoftBank’s Chipmaker Deal: A Bottoming for Semiconductor Stocks?

SoftBank’s Chipmaker Deal: A Bottoming for Semiconductor Stocks?

Softbank just acquired a chipmaker company in March 2025, implying that valuations in the industry may look attractive enough today.

Softbank set to buy Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion and could integrate it with Arm and Graphcore

Softbank set to buy Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion and could integrate it with Arm and Graphcore

Arm's Japanese owner is buying Ampere, Arm's only independent server chip vendor, for $6.5 billion.

JD Vance has a message for Silicon Valley: The Trump administration is ‘working with you’

JD Vance has a message for Silicon Valley: The Trump administration is ‘working with you’

The vice president is pledging support to the tech industry and saying this administration is aligned with its interests.

SoftBank to acquire Arm CPUs for datacenter firm Ampere in $6.5 billion cash deal

SoftBank to acquire Arm CPUs for datacenter firm Ampere in $6.5 billion cash deal

SoftBank buys Ampere for $6.5 billion in cash, may use them in Stargate datacenters.

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Microsoft's OpenAI "tech bromance" dodges UK merger probe — as it builds in-house models and tests DeepSeek in Copilot to break away from the ChatGPT maker

Microsoft's OpenAI "tech bromance" dodges UK merger probe — as it builds in-house models and tests DeepSeek in Copilot to break away from the ChatGPT maker

After investigating Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it's not a merger, escaping further regulatory scrutiny.

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Trump’s Stargate Project Just Created 64,000 Reasons to Buy Nvidia Stock

Trump’s Stargate Project Just Created 64,000 Reasons to Buy Nvidia Stock

Down 25% from all-time highs, Nvidia is a tech stock that trades at a sizeable discount to consensus price target estimates in March 2025.

Would you pay $20,000/month for OpenAI’s specialized AI agents with "PhD-level" intelligence? "I will wait for DeepSeek to distill it and give it to me for free"

Would you pay $20,000/month for OpenAI’s specialized AI agents with "PhD-level" intelligence? "I will wait for DeepSeek to distill it and give it to me for free"

OpenAI is in discussions to raise the cost of its advanced AI models, charging up to $20,000/month for an AI agent that can support “PhD-level research.”

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SoftBank could steal Microsoft's title as the exclusive cloud provider and largest investor to OpenAI as $500B "Stargate" projects a $20B loss by 2027

A report suggests a rift between Microsoft and OpenAI, further indicating that the latter may be drifting away from Microsoft and leaning on SoftBank.

The only way is stack! Arm wants to build its own CPU server for hyperscalers, reports say, and AMD won't be happy

A report says Arm is trying to recruit talent from some of its largest customers to help develop its own chips.

The Independent UK

OpenAI board ‘unanimously’ rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion bid for company

‘I don’t think he’s like a happy person. I do feel for him’ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said of rival Musk

Arm reportedly plans to make its own CPUs from this summer with future chips said to be powering a revolutionary Jony Ive-designed AI device

Spare a thought for poor old x86.

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The Guardian - UK

Arm looks to launch its own chip after landing Meta contract

Plan represents move away from SoftBank-owned group licensing its chip blueprints to firms such as Apple and Nvidia

The Independent UK

Japan's SoftBank reports loss weeks after announcing AI investment with U.S. President Trump

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. reported a 369.2 billion yen, or $2.4 billion, loss for the fiscal third quarter, as it racked up red ink from its Vision Fund investments

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Sam Altman rubbishes Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid — OpenAI and its mission aren't for sale: “I wish he would just compete by building a better product"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently claimed that Elon Musk's constant antics aimed are OpenAI are designed to slow the AI firm down as xAI plays catchup, including his $97.4 billion bid to acquire the ChatGPT maker.

"Swindler" - Musk leads blockbuster bid to buy OpenAI for $97.4bn, but Sam Altman hits back with own bid for X

Elon Musk has criticized OpenAI’s plans to go for-profit, offering up $97.4 billion to buy the AI giant.

International Business Times

Elon Musk Heads Group Trying To Buy Control Of OpenAI: Report

Elon Musk is leading an investment group offering $97.4 billion for the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, marking a new front in his war with the ChatGPT-maker, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Arm's Japanese owner is rumored to be buying Arm's only independent server chip vendor but I don't understand the rationale behind it

Ampere Computing could be sold to Softbank for $6.5 billion in a surprising move that could change the data center CPU market.

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Sam Altman admits OpenAI has been on "the wrong side of history," citing a dire need for a different open-source strategy: "Not everyone at OpenAI shares this view, and it's also not our current highest priority"

OpenAI recently held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit, addressing important issues, including its $500 billion bet on Stargate, AGI, cost-effective competition from DeepSeek, and open-source strategy.

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