SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 has also invested in artificial intelligence startups such as Glean, Perplexity AI, and Poolside. The business giant currently has about 470 portfolio companies and assets worth $160 billion. The media, citing an insider, reported that the investment in OpenAI is in line with SoftBank's desire to deploy cash with a capital-intensive business model. It is worth noting that the ChatGPT developer has good results in terms of raising funds. For example, the startup received about $13 billion from Microsoft. In October, OpenAI closed its latest $6.6 billion round. Moreover, the startup received a $4 billion revolving credit line. OpenAI's total liquidity has exceeded $10 billion. This year, the startup expects losses of about $5 billion and revenue of $3.7 billion. The relevant information was published by the media with reference to an insider.