A new investment from the Japanese conglomerate would be separate from the $100 billion tied to a project announced at the White House last week.
The release caps a big week that also saw the OpenAI making announcements related to U.S. government work.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chris Lehane, chief global affairs officer of OpenAI, about Stargate, DeepSeek and the future of AI development.
The San Francisco-based company was last valued at $157 billion in October, when it secured $6.6 billion of investment. Microsoft led a previous round of financing totalling $10 billion, integrating OpenAI’s technology into its suite of Office products and significantly boosting the AI startup’s profile.
OpenAI's Stargate Project promises to build AI data centers and clean energy facilities across the U.S., creating 100,000 jobs. But will those promises be kept?The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your
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DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to US giants like OpenAI, despite fears of censorship around issues sensitive to Beijing
OpenAI has entered into an agreement with the U.S. National Laboratories to integrate its latest artificial intelligence reasoning models into scientific research initiatives, the company announced.
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner claims despite DeepSeek's recent success in AI, it's not leading the pack. However, if President Trump revokes the NVIDIA AI chip exportation ban, it would be a huge win for China.
DeepSeek is the new AI model that's on everybody's lips –here's all the latest news on the ChatGPT competitor.
Founded just 20 months ago in China, artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has demonstrated the inaccuracy of performance metrics touted by tech
NASA is the latest federal agency to ban use of China’s DeepSeek AI technology by employees and block access to the platform, CNBC has learned.
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