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Masayoshi Son

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93 articles decelerating

Masayoshi Son has appeared in 93 articles since 2015-05. Coverage peaked in 2024Q4 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside SoftBank, Vision Fund, WeWork, Japanese.

Articles
93
mentions
Velocity
-33.3%
growth rate
Acceleration
-0.083
velocity change
Sources
16
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-12-02
CNBC 5 related

At a Tokyo forum, Masayoshi Son says he “was crying” over SoftBank selling its $5.83B Nvidia stake but “I just had more need for money to invest in OpenAI”

here's why FII Institute on YouTube : FII PRIORITY Asia | Watch the official livestream (En) Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : SoftBank's Masayoshi Son Says He ‘Cried’ About Selling Nvidia Stake to F...

2025-08-28
Nikkei Asia

Sources: the $550B US-Japan investment framework, central to the trade agreement, was heavily influenced by Masayoshi Son, with the Stargate Project tied to it

Akira Yamashita / Nikkei Asia :

2025-08-25
Financial Times

How Masayoshi Son became President Trump's favored foreign investor, after cultivating close ties since Trump's first term, leading to SoftBank's $2B Intel deal

Financial Times : Forums: r/StockMarket Forums: r/StockMarket : How SoftBank's Masayoshi Son became Donald Trump's favoured foreign investor

2025-08-19
Financial Times 17 related

Sources: Masayoshi Son met Lip-Bu Tan to discuss SoftBank acquiring Intel's faltering foundry business in the weeks before announcing SoftBank's $2B investment

Japanese group's approach comes as US manufacturer struggles to attract customers and compete with rival TSMC

2024-11-27
CNBC 17 related

Sources: OpenAI is letting current and former staff sell ~$1.5B worth of RSUs until December 24 in a tender offer to SoftBank, a deal spurred by Masayoshi Son

OpenAI is allowing employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank, CNBC has learned.

2023-11-29
The Information 4 related

Sources: Apple pays Arm under 30 cents per device to license Arm's IP, the lowest rate among Arm's smartphone customers; Apple accounts for <5% of Arm's sales

In 2017, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son gathered a group of executives from Arm Holdings, the British chip designer SoftBank had just bought …

2023-01-09
Financial Times 5 related

Sources: UK PM Rishi Sunak met Arm CEO Rene Haas and Masayoshi Son to revive efforts to secure a London listing for Cambridge-based Arm's IPO alongside New York

Officials and London Stock Exchange face uphill battle to secure UK role for chip designer's IPO

2022-06-27
Financial Times 1 related

Despite UK pressure, Masayoshi Son tells SoftBank shareholders that the Nasdaq remains his “favourite” venue for Arm's IPO, but that nothing has been decided

Antoni Slodkowski / Financial Times :

2022-02-15
Financial Times 1 related

How SoftBank's costly bet on IoT at Arm backfired and distracted the company from the much bigger data center market

UK chip designer changes strategy ahead of planned float with renewed focus on lucrative server market  —  As Masayoshi Son tried to persuade investors of the wisdom …

2022-02-08
Bloomberg 11 related

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son says he is planning a US IPO for Arm in March 2023, following the failure of the Nvidia deal; SoftBank keeps a $1.25B breakup fee

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son said he plans an initial public offering in the U.S. for Arm Ltd. after Nvidia Corp. bowed …

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 77 Techmeme articles mentioning Masayoshi Son, dating back to May 2015. The biggest stories include At a meeting with Trump, Masayoshi Son says SoftBank will invest $100B and create 100K... and Sources: Masayoshi Son met Lip-Bu Tan to discuss SoftBank acquiring Intel's faltering.... Frequently covered alongside SoftBank, Vision Fund, WeWork, Son, and the Vision Fund. Coverage has shifted toward funding themes and away from enterprise, competition.

Key Moments

2024Q2funding -33pts; competition -100pts
2024Q4enterprise +25pts; funding -42pts
2025Q2enterprise -25pts; developer +50pts; funding -25pts

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