SoftBank is making a bold move in artificial intelligence (AI), not only as an investor in the $500 billion Project Stargate—a major initiative to expand AI infrastructure in the US but also through a new Japanese joint venture with OpenAI and a $3 billion deployment of OpenAI’s technology across its businesses.

SoftBank inked a $3 billion deal with OpenAI in a joint venture to market OpenAI tech in Japan with its newly-minuted "Cristal Intelligence" suite of tools.

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.