Japan's SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

Hedge funds were already waiting to see if a U.S.-fostered, home-grown artificial intelligence boom would continue as China's new AI model was emerging to challenge U.S. dominance in the sector, a Goldman Sachs note said.

Mark Murphy, an analyst from J.P. Morgan, maintained the Buy rating on Microsoft (MSFT – Research Report). The associated price target remains

SoftBank is in talks to inject up to $25 billion directly into OpenAI, positioning the Japanese tech conglomerate to become the ChatGPT maker's largest financial backer, according to initial reporting from the Financial Times on Wednesday evening.

Investing.com - The emergence of Chinese start-up DeepSeek could have upside macroeconomic implications in the medium-term should its cost reductions help usher in a period of increased competition in the development of artificial intelligence platforms, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs reiterated its Buy rating and $500.00 price target for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), following the company's mixed financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025. The investment firm pointed to the ongoing investor concerns over the growth pace of Microsoft's Azure cloud services,

The Chinese startup's new model poses some serious questions about the assumptions behind AI investments. But what if that's a good thing for Big Tech?

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has lagged behind the NASDAQ over the past year but is off to a strong start in 2025, outperforming the broader market.

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Nvidia shares' 9% recovery Tuesday was the second-best day in terms of market cap added for any company ever—but the company faced another selloff Wednesday.

The report comes as tech stocks, led by the Magnificent Seven—think Apple, Microsoft, Google, and their mega-cap friends—take a hit after DeepSeek’s debut.

SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI, in a deal which would make it the ChatGPT maker’s biggest financial backer, as the pair partner on a massive new artificial intelligence infrastructure project.