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,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed criticism from close ally Elon Musk about a $500 billion artificial intelligence project that Trump announced with great fanfare at the White House earlier this week.

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

Tensions between technology leaders Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were on full display this week after the Tesla CEO slammed the new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project,

Some of the biggest names in technology have clashed after President Donald Trump unveiled his $500 billion private AI investment project.

Trump was joined by SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle Corp.’s Larry Ellison at the White House to announce the venture, dubbed Stargate, which they said would deploy $100 billion immediately with the goal of eventually spending $500 billion for the construction of data centers and physical campuses.

President Trump admitted he is unsure whether the coalition of AI giants leading the $500 billion Stargate Project has the resources to fully realize it.

Open AI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son appeared alongside President Donald Trump to announce the Stargate plan.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk voiced doubts about President Trump’s newly announced infrastructure plan for artificial intelligence, claiming the technology companies behind the effort do not

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has expressed doubts about the financial viability of the USD 500 billion Stargate AI Project, a collaboration between OpenAI and SoftBank Group. Musk questioned SoftBank's ability to fund the massive initiative,