Shares of Japanese chip-related firms were feeling the heat on Monday. Today’s slump comes as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek gained traction with its updated AI model, raising fears about potential challenges to US technological dominance.

Shares of Japanese semiconductor-related companies extended their losses on Tuesday after Monday’s selloff, driven by the release of the Chinese AI model DeepSeek. The selloff in US tech stocks added to the downward pressure,

In international markets, chipmaking and electrification companies saw pressure on the fears over the DeepSeek AI service. SoftBank -- the company that said it would fund up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure as well as the main shareholder of microchip designer ARM -- saw its stock dive 8%.

Group, led by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, plans to approach private equity firms Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) and Brookfield for funding assistance with the Stargate AI project, Nikkei reported.

The president said it will be the largest AI infrastructure ever built and that it will help counter technology threats from China and other countries.

DeepSeek-R1-Zero, a model trained via large-scale reinforcement learning (RL) without supervised fine-tuning (SFT) as a preliminary step, demonstrates remarkable reasoning capabilities. Through RL, DeepSeek-R1-Zero naturally emerges with numerous powerful and intriguing reasoning behaviors.

SoftBank (SFTBY) is reportedly considering a massive investment of up to $25 billion in Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI, according to sources

SoftBank (SFTBY) is in discussions to invest $15B-$25B in Open AI, Deepa Seetharaman of The Wall Street Journal reports. Some of the equity

Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are trending up +0.54% this morning as investors digested earnings reports from big U.S. tech companies. Tesla (TSLA) gained over +2% in pre-market trading despite reporting weaker-than-expected Q4 results,

SoftBank is in talks to invest $15 billion to $25 billion in OpenAI, a deal that would see the Japanese conglomerate displace Microsoft as the ChatGPT maker's biggest investor. SoftBank stock fell 1.1% in Tokyo on Thursday.

SoftBank is in talks to inject up to $25 billion directly into OpenAI, positioning the Japanese tech conglomerate to become the ChatGPT maker's largest financial backer, according to initial reporting from the Financial Times on Wednesday evening.