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SoftBank Sells Nvidia Stake to Fund AI Infrastructure Bets

SoftBank Sells Nvidia Stake to Fund AI Infrastructure Bets
SoftBank has exited Nvidia and is redirecting billions into AI platforms and infrastructure, signaling where it believes the next phase of value will concentrate. SoftBank sold its remaining 32.1 million Nvidia shares in October for approximately $5.83 billion, and also disclosed a separate $9.17 billion sale of T-Mobile US shares

SK Telecom executive cuts: 30% reduction

SK Telecom executive cuts: 30% reduction
Reports indicate SK Group will reduce executive ranks by up to 30%, a move that would reshape decision-making across affiliates including SK Telecom (SKT). For SKT, which sits at the nexus of the group’s AI, cloud, and connectivity ambitions, executive trims would concentrate authority and compress approval chains at a

SoftBank-OpenAI JV launches localized enterprise AI in Japan

SoftBank-OpenAI JV launches localized enterprise AI in Japan
SoftBank and OpenAI have formed SB OAI Japan, a jointly owned entity that will commercialize “Crystal intelligence,” a bundled enterprise AI offering focused on management and operations in Japan. The venture will combine OpenAI’s enterprise-grade models and tooling with localization, integration, and support led by SoftBank in-market. Crystal intelligence is

Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker 2025

Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker
2025 has seen major telecom and tech M&A activity, including billion-dollar deals in fiber, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. This monthly tracker details key acquisitions, like AT&T buying Lumen’s fiber assets and Google’s $32B move for Wiz, highlighting how consolidation is shaping the competitive landscape.

SoftBank and NVIDIA AI-RAN: 16-Layer MU-MIMO on GPUs

SoftBank AI-RAN Realizes - Software-only Massive MIMO on GPU
SoftBank and NVIDIA have validated a fully software-defined, GPU-accelerated AI-RAN that delivers 16-layer massive MU-MIMO outdoors—an inflection point for vRAN performance, Open RAN scalability, and AI-native RAN design. SoftBank’s AI-RAN product, AITRAS, executed the entire 5G physical layer on NVIDIA GPUs at the Distributed Unit and demonstrated stable 16-layer multi-user

SoftBank’s $30B OpenAI Investment Signals AI IPO Push

Databricks Integrates OpenAI GPT-5 in 0M AI Bet
SoftBank has reportedly approved the final $22.5 billion tranche of a planned $30 billion commitment to OpenAI, tied to the AI firm’s shift to a conventional for‑profit structure and a path to IPO. The investment completes a massive $41 billion financing round for OpenAI that began in April, making it

Underground AI Data Centers: Bunkers, Mines, Mountains

Underground AI Data Centers: Bunkers, Mines, Mountains
Two narratives are converging: Silicon Valley’s rush to add gigawatts of AI capacity and a quiet revival of bunkers, mines, and mountains as ultra-resilient data hubs. Recent headlines point to unprecedented AI infrastructure spending tied to OpenAI. The draw is physical security, thermal stability, data sovereignty, and a narrative of

Databricks Integrates OpenAI GPT-5 in $100M AI Bet

Databricks Integrates OpenAI GPT-5 in 0M AI Bet
Databricks is adding OpenAI’s newest foundation models to its catalog for use via SQL or API, alongside previously introduced open-weight options gpt-oss 20B and 120B. Customers can now select, benchmark, and fine-tune OpenAI models directly where governed enterprise data already lives. The move raises the stakes in the race to

ChatGPT Pulse: OpenAI’s Proactive AI Morning Briefs

ChatGPT Pulse: OpenAI’s Proactive AI Morning Briefs
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a new capability that assembles personalized morning briefs and agendas without a prompt, indicating a clear shift from reactive chat to proactive, task-oriented assistance. Pulse generates five to ten concise reports while you sleep, then packages them as interactive cards inside ChatGPT. Each card contains an

Wayve Self-Driving AI Trials in Tokyo with Nissan

Wayve Self-Driving AI Trials in Tokyo with Nissan
Wayve’s end-to-end driving AI is now running in Nissan Ariya electric vehicles in Tokyo, marking a pragmatic step toward consumer deployment in 2027. The test vehicles combine a camera-first approach with radar and a lidar unit for redundancy, aligning with Japan’s dense urban environment and complex traffic patterns. The initial

OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank: 5 Stargate AI Data Centers

OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank: 5 Stargate AI Data Centers
OpenAI plans five new US data centers under the Stargate umbrella, pushing the initiative’s planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—roughly equivalent to several utility-scale power plants. Three sites—Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and an undisclosed Midwest location—will be developed with Oracle following their previously disclosed agreement to

OpenAI–NVIDIA 10GW AI $10 billion Infrastructure Partnership

OpenAI–NVIDIA 10GW AI billion Infrastructure Partnership
OpenAI and NVIDIA unveiled a multi‑year plan to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems, marking one of the largest single commitments to AI compute to date. The partners outlined an ambition to stand up AI “factories” totaling roughly 10GW of power, equating to several million GPUs across multiple sites and

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