SoftBank is reportedly in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into OpenAI in a deal that would make it the artificial intelligence firm’s largest backer.

Investors will be looking out for Malaysia’s central bank policy meeting today, where it’s expected to keep its policy rate steady at 3%.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son has made a strategic pivot toward the US market, appearing alongside President Donald Trump twice since his November election victory to unveil major investment plans.

Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Thursday, supported by positive cues from Wall Street overnight. Gains are led by China, where multiple government departments unveiled medium- and long-term investment plans to boost capital market confidence.

Asian shares are mixed after China rolled out more moves to boost its lagging stock markets. Hong Kong and Shanghai rose but then shed some of their initial gains early Thursday. Officials in Beijing said pension funds and mutual funds would be required to increase purchases of shares,

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A new investment from the Japanese conglomerate would be separate from the $100 billion tied to a project announced at the White House last week.

SoftBank (SFTBY) is reportedly considering a massive investment of up to $25 billion in Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI, according to sources

SoftBank (SFTBY) is in discussions to invest $15B-$25B in Open AI, Deepa Seetharaman of The Wall Street Journal reports. Some of the equity

SoftBank is in talks to invest $15 billion to $25 billion in OpenAI, a deal that would see the Japanese conglomerate displace Microsoft as the ChatGPT maker's biggest investor. SoftBank stock fell 1.1% in Tokyo on Thursday.

Japan's SoftBank is in talks to invest $15-25 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the ChatGPT-maker's biggest financial backer, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.