Investors, executives and Silicon Valley discount the influence of this vast and dynamic region at their peril.

Leading OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion funding round shows the tech investor's knack for seizing big opportunities.

Alok Sama on how the Japanese billionaire is seeking back the spotlight with his big bets on AI, why his investment thesis on India is still relevant, and more ...

Sam Altman’s OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a funding round led by investment giant SoftBank as it looks to stave off competition like Elon Musk’s xAI and China-based DeepSeek.

Stargate, the $500 billion data-centre project led by OpenAI and SoftBank Group , is named after science fiction. That’s apt given its outlandish financing plans. Without a clear guarantee from a ...

The Tokyo-based company, led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, said it expected its first $10 billion chunk of the deal would be financed by borrowing from Japanese bank Mizuho and other lenders and ...

Beyond defense, Altman said the government needs to start putting more effort into learning how to use and integrate AI tools ...

While some of the featured leaders were ones you’d expect—cabinet nominees, congressional leaders, megadonor Elon Musk—at least one was a surprise: Masayoshi Son, the Japanese billionaire ...