SoftBank Group — OpenAI Cristal intelligence and ChatGPT Enterprise (2025)
SoftBank Group spends $3 billion a year deploying OpenAI solutions across its companies, including Arm and SoftBank Corp.: the jointly built Cristal intelligence enterprise AI and ChatGPT Enterprise for all group employees.
- Announced
- 3 Feb 2025 1
Contract facts
Source per value- DateDate the contract, order or partnership was announced or agreed, as stated in the cited source (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty when the source gives only a month or a year.
- 2025-02-031
- BuyerThe purchasing organisation or named customer.
- SoftBank Group Corp.1
- VendorThe contracting supplier or AI provider, as named in the source.
- OpenAI1
- SectorGovernment for public-sector buyers (defence, intelligence, civil agencies, health services); Enterprise for companies.
- Enterprise
- Product or programThe AI product, model, platform or program supplied.
- Cristal intelligence; ChatGPT Enterprise1
- ScopeThe use case or service scope named in the source.
- SoftBank Group companies including Arm and SoftBank Corp.; over 100 million workflows to automate at SoftBank Corp.1
- Value as statedThe value in the source's words when it gives no figure, for example multi-million dollars.
- $3 billion a year1
Sources
- group.softbank accessed 2026-11-11
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