SoftBank explores major OpenAI investment through Arm deal
IntroductionOn July 21, 2025, reports emerged that SoftBank is in early-stage talks to invest in OpenAI. The strategy revolves around leveraging SoftBank’s ownership of Arm to align AI hardware and OpenAI’s software stack for robotics and AI infrastructure partnerships. Background: SoftBank, Arm, and OpenAI SoftBank acquired Arm in 2023. Arm CPUs underpin smartphones and edge…