Soft Bank wants to buy shares of $ 1.5 billion at "Openai" employees

Soft Bank Group intends to increase its share in “Openai” by acquiring shares worth $ 1.5 billion from the start of the start, according to people familiar with the case. The Japanese company will offer an offer to purchase shares, allowing Oben AI employees to sell their shares if they prefer. Softbank contributed $ 500 million in a financing round for ‘Oben AI’, which amounted to $ 6.6 billion in October, but at the time sought a larger share, according to one of the people who asked not to be mentioned because the negotiations were not revealed. The founder of “Softbank”, Masyoshi Sun, promised to strengthen investments in artificial intelligence, especially as his business, based in Tokyo, regained its financial stability after a few years of challenges. On the other hand, ‘Oben Ai’ made leading achievements in the field of artificial intelligence thanks to the innovation “Chat BT”, and its value reached $ 157 billion in the latest financing rounds. The amount of shares that Soft Bank Group will be able to buy from the employees “oben ai”, which could possibly choose to hold their shares if they expect bright horizons in the future. Soft Bank Group and Ecclesiastes AI did not respond to requests for suspension outside of regular working hours. According to “CNBC”, which published the news for the first time, the purchase offer is expected to be closed of ‘SoftBank’.