The 50-50 joint venture will begin offering the services first in Japan and establish a model for global adoption, the companies said Monday.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said Monday that his tech investment company and artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, the developer of the chatbot ChatGPT, have agreed to establish a joint venture to promote AI services for corporations.

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has scolded Japanese companies for not adopting AI quickly enough, comparing people who refuse to use AI with goldfish, unable to process information like language.