Since last year, SoftBank Group has poured massive funds into OpenAI, with Son firmly believing that Sam Altman can lead technological transformation and even bluntly dismissing executives' inquiries about investment risks. Recently, competitor Anthropic has achieved breakthroughs, and the financial market has begun to question OpenAI, which is preparing to go public as early as this year. Some SoftBank executives are anxious about the company's continued investment exceeding $60 billion, while also worrying about the leadership's almost 'fan-like' trust in Altman, considering this one-sided relationship to be highly risky. This situation is based on interviews with more than a dozen informed sources, including SoftBank insiders.
