SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday its net profit for fiscal 2025 surged more than fourfold to 5.00 trillion yen ($31.70 billion), marking a record high for a Japanese company, on the back of its investment in OpenAI, the developer of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.It exceeded the previous net profit record for a Japanese company of 4.99 trillion yen, also set by SoftBank Group, in fiscal 2020."When looking at the services and technology offered (by OpenAI), their growth is only natural," SoftBank Group Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto said at a press conference."It is …READ FULL ARTICLE