“We want to become the organiser of the industry in the artificial super intelligence era,” Son told shareholders at the group’s annual shareholder meeting.

Son likened his aim to the position of dominant technology platform providers such as Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet’s Google, which benefit from a “winner takes all” dynamic.

At previous public appearances, Son has described artificial super intelligence as exceeding human capabilities by a factor of 10,000.

The technology investment group has returned to making the aggressive investments that made Son’s name and fortune, such as an early bet on Alibaba, but at times spectacularly backfired, like failed shared office provider WeWork.

SoftBank’s mammoth investments related to artificial intelligence in 2025 include acquiring US semiconductor design company Ampere for US$6.5 billion and the underwriting of up to US$40 billion of new investment in ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Son said Softbank’s total agreed investment in OpenAI now stood at US$32 billion and that he expected OpenAI to eventually list publicly.

“I’m all in on OpenAI,” Son said.