SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and portfolio founders and CEOs on Wednesday as part of his ongoing India visit. In one-on-one conversations with several Indian entrepreneurs from SoftBank’s portfolio,

Japan's SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son sees India's potential to emerge as a big player in chip design due to geopolitical reasons and asked founders of his portfolio companies in the country to work on artificial intelligence with 10 years perspective, according to sources.

Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp , will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son urged the founders of his portfolio startups in India to “work” on AI with a 10-year perspective.

SoftBank's billionaire CEO Masayoshi Son has been persistently seeking a larger stake in OpenAI after investing in the last funding round

The meeting convened a powerhouse of India’s startup ecosystem, including Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm), Naveen Tewari (InMobi), and Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy.

SoftBank is eyeing more bets in AI in India and also after having reaped huge gains with the public listings of the companies it backs like that of Swiggy

The billionaire founder of Japan's SoftBank Group on Tuesday, November 26, met Mukesh Ambani, the richest person of India and chairman of oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL),