AI Investment Boom: SoftBank's $22.5B OpenAI Deal & ByteDance's $23B Push | December 24, 2025

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SoftBank reportedly finalizing $22.5 billion investment in OpenAI, cementing the lab’s financial dominance
ByteDance commits $23 billion to AI infrastructure despite export controls, challenging US supremacy
Class action lawsuit filed against Google, OpenAI, and Meta by investigative journalists alleging massive IP theft
Microsoft and OpenAI restructure $14 billion partnership, clarifying profit-sharing and governance
Apple forced to open iOS ecosystem in Brazil, allowing third-party app stores in a global precedent
GPT-5.2-Codex released, optimized for advanced autonomous software development
Anthropic releases “Skills” as open standard, promoting agent interoperability

💰 Mega-Cap AI Investments

SoftBank Nears $22.5 Billion Funding Deal with OpenAI

Historic Capital Injection: SoftBank is racing to finalize a massive $22.5 billion investment in OpenAI before the year ends. This potential deal would represent one of the largest single private capital injections in tech history.

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Major AI Infrastructure Investments & Apple M5 iPad Pro Launch Drive Tech Revolution October 2025

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$5 billion AI infrastructure partnership between Brookfield and Bloom Energy for data center power
Apple M5 iPad Pro launch imminent with Vision Pro refresh expected this week
Cerebras expands AI infrastructure to UAE’s massive Stargate data center hub
Google brings Gemini AI to Home and Nest devices dating back to 2015
Tesla FSD v14 introduces robotaxi-style autonomous drop-off capabilities

💰 Massive AI Infrastructure Investments

Brookfield and Bloom Energy Launch $5 Billion AI Infrastructure Partnership

Brookfield Asset Management announced a groundbreaking partnership with Bloom Energy to invest up to $5 billion in fuel cell technology specifically designed to power artificial intelligence data centers.