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SoftBank commits to joint venture with OpenAI, will spend $3 billion per year on OpenAI's tech
SoftBank has committed to spending $3 billion per year for itself and its subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, according to a joint announcement on Monday. The two also announced a new joint venture ...
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Fair Financial investors say SoftBank drove the startup into the ground so it could gain full control through bankruptcy
Investors in Fair Financial Corp., a troubled car-leasing startup once valued at over $1 billion, are exploring legal options to take on SoftBank, which they allege has deliberately run the ...
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SoftBank in talks to borrow $16 billion to fund AI, The Information reports
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son plans to borrow $16 billion to invest in AI, the company's executives told banks last week, The Information tech news website reported on Saturday ...
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SoftBank Swings to a Loss Ahead of Big AI Bet With OpenAI
SoftBank Group Corp. tumbled to a loss in the December quarter, weighed down by a drop in the value of the Vision Fund’s public holdings, just as Masayoshi Son campaigns to raise $500 billion ...
TechRadar1mon
Arm's Japanese owner is rumored to be buying Arm's only independent server chip vendor but I don't understand the rationale behind it
SoftBank is reportedly close to buying Ampere The $6.5 billion deal could shake up AI and data centers There are questions about how it affects Arm’s neutrality and SoftBank’s long-term ...
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DeepSeek Sparks Investor Pessimism on SoftBank's $500 Billion Stargate Push
(Bloomberg) -- For SoftBank Group Corp. investors looking for the stock to climb back to all-time highs on a revival of the artificial intelligence boom, DeepSeek poses a major hurdle. SoftBank is ...
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son will lead massive $500 billion Stargate project with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle’s Larry Ellison
President Trump on Tuesday announced an eye-popping investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the U.S., funded through a joint venture called the Stargate Project. According to Trump ...
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Softbank goes all in on AI-RAN at MWC 2025Softbank goes all in on AI-RAN at MWC 2025Softbank goes all in on AI-RAN at MWC 2025
Japanese telco SoftBank, who has been very bullish about the AI-RAN opportunity, has announced five new developments that are part of its broader strategy, pushing its AI-RAN agenda further. The ...
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SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion into OpenAI, FT reports
Japan’s SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. SoftBank could invest $15 billion to $25 billion directly into ...
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SoftBank Q3 Earnings: Revenue Rises, Vision Fund Takes $2.33 Billion Hit As Investments Falter
Japanese investment holding company SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBF) (OTC:SFTBY) reported third-quarter net sales of 1.83 trillion yen ($12.11 billion), up from 1.77 trillion yen a year ago.
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SoftBank adds to shares in VTEX, YMM, cuts NMRA and exits DASH, among other moves
The Japanese investment holding company SoftBank Group (OTCPK:SFTBY) purchased two new stakes: 20.45M shares in Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), and 14.66M shares in Recursion ...