Source: SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, and might borrow another $8B in early 2026, which could strain its already debt-heavy balance sheet
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/o... … Casey / @ig.ht : who on earth would loan this money knowing softbank is investing it in what seems to be the least profitable sector in existence [embedded post] Ed Zitr...
Sources: OpenAI is in early talks to raise up to $40B at a $340B valuation; the startup was last valued at $157B in October, when it raised $6.6B
I'm old enough to remember when $6.6B was an unheard of amount of money for a startup to be raising. Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : I LOVE Masayoshi Son. The entire generative AI market is pote...
Sources: unusually large purchases of call options by SoftBank over the past month partly fueled the latest tech stock rally
Hello and welcome to Pipeline. I hope this kicks off a great three-day weekend for you. Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch : Stocks are selling off again, and SaaS shares are taking the biggest lumps Tara Lac...
Sources: Rakuten, which owns a 13% stake in Lyft, made the investment in 2015 after data from its consumer purchase tracker Slice showed Lyft was undervalued
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @r0unak , @jonorcutt , @mdudas , @mattrosoff , @ranimolla , and @joshelman Tweets: Rounak Jain / @r0unak : Rakuten invested in Lyft after they found the company was underval...
SoftBank's Vision Fund has already committed $65B; Masayoshi Son says that he plans to raise a new $100B fund every two or three years and spend ~$50B per year
Masayoshi Son http://www.bloomberg.com/... Sarah G McBride / @mcbridesg : Ask SoftBank billionaire Masa re his $117mn house and he will parry w/ his Uniqlo attire. W @Selina_y_wang @pelstrom http://ww...