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.

OpenAI announced strategic partnerships with South Korea's KakaoTalk and Japan's SoftBank that will see significant collaboration on new Enterprise AI models.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your In

OpenAI said on Tuesday it will develop artificial intelligence products for South Korea with chat app operator Kakao, unveiling a second major alliance with a high-profile Asian partner this week. OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman also separately sat down with the leaders of Samsung Electronics,