Masayoshi Son says SoftBank plans to go on the “counteroffensive” soon by resuming AI investments; the group has $35B+ after halting investments in recent years
Billionaire chief talks up AI and reveals he had breakdown in October where he questioned his achievements as an entrepreneur
Financial Times Kana Inagaki
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@fion_li
Fion Li
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“There were times when I felt so empty. ‘Is this enough? Is this it?’ I cried and cried and couldn't stop crying for days.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology
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@smartertrader
Sam Parikh
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Oh my. How much of Nvda msft do they buy https://twitter.com/...
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@trader_ferg
Ferg
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Looking forward to the accompanying SoftBank slides https://twitter.com/... [image]
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@michigandolf
@michigandolf
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SoftBank after their last $32B loss: https://twitter.com/... [image]
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@paulomacro
Paulo Macro
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Now just need Cathie Comeback magazine cover and All Clear Echo is a wrap. https://twitter.com/...
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@madhavchanchani
Madhav
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Softbank's Masayoshi Son “I've made many, many mistakes in my A.I. investments, some of them embarrassing....But among the many failures, there are a number of buds that will blossom very soon.” “We will rule the world in the end” https://fortune.com/...
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@ediggs
Eze Vidra
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In his first major presentation to investors since November, the 65-year-old founder of the Japanese conglomerate said he would devote the rest of his life to being “an architect for the future of humanity”. https://www.ft.com/...
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@leeminjeong83
Min-Jeong Lee
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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son said the world's largest tech investor is ready to go on the offensive soon, ending more than a year of relative dormancy in startup investments. He says, they now have more than 5T yen in cash to spend! So let's see.. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@markdistef
Mark Di Stefano
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Absolutely cannot wait to discover the new ways this guy is going to lose money. https://twitter.com/...
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@ibankcoin4tw
@ibankcoin4tw
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MASAYOSHI SON SAYS SOFTBANK WILL START APING INTO TECH SHITCOS AGAIN: BBG ### adam neumann rn [image]
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@arjunkharpal
Arjun Kharpal
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Masayoshi Son, the CEO of #SoftBank has been laying low, licking his wounds, has become enlightened to AI by ChatGPT, and also apparently has been filing patents. That's enough for him to declare SoftBank is in “offense” mode. And investors like it. https://www.cnbc.com/... [imag…