# SoftBank Group x OpenAI investment: partnership

Canonical ID: `1cd9be99-b6b0-45e7-8b32-f7021f2551b1`

SoftBank Group committed up to 40B USD investment in OpenAI across multiple closings, with 10B completed in April 2025 and a second installment of 22.5B in October 2025. As of end of 2025, SoftBank's cumulative investment reached approximately 34.6B USD for an 11% stake, making it OpenAI's third-largest shareholder.

- **Type:** investment
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [SoftBank Group](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/softbank-group.md) investor partner
- [OpenAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/openai.md) technology provider

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2024-10-02
- **Start:** 2024-10-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_Group


_API: GET /v1/partnerships/softbank-group-x-openai-investment · canonical URL: /partnerships/softbank-group-x-openai-investment_