OpenAI will provide its AI research, technology, and engineering support to the JV, and SoftBank Corp. its sales staff and engineers. Chip designer Arm, which is majority-owned by SoftBank, will offer its compute platform to help meet the computational demands of Cristal intelligence.

SoftBank said in a press release that it plans to automate over 100 million workflows among its companies, which could include generating financial reports, drafting documents, and managing customer inquiries.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son at a major AI briefing in Japan, attended by executives from 500 top companies. During the event, they announced the launch of their joint venture,