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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.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-03-24
Financial Times 1 related

SoftBank says its loan-to-value ratio, a measure of net debt against the value of its holdings, could exceed its 25% limit, as it commits $30B more to OpenAI

Masayoshi Son faces investor nerves with massive spending on AI investments  —  SoftBank is testing a key self-imposed borrowing limit …

2026-03-10
Financial Times 3 related

SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since November 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI ties grows; on March 9, it closed down 9.8% on Stargate delay reports

Japanese group has suffered from recent share falls and a negative outlook from rating agency S&P  —  Once fired up, Masayoshi Son's investing enthusiasm knows few bounds.

2024-12-16
CNBC 21 related

At a meeting with Trump, Masayoshi Son says SoftBank will invest $100B and create 100K jobs in the US, largely via AI-focused jobs and infrastructure projects

WATCH NOW  —  Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son will announce a $100 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years during …

2024-11-12
Bloomberg 17 related

SoftBank reports Q2 net income of ~$7.7B and a Vision Fund gain of ~$2.42B, driven by strong Indian IPOs and valuation gains in startups like Coupang and Didi

- Tech investor rakes in profit on hot Indian IPO market  — Legacy-conscious founder Masayoshi Son is readying next gamble

2024-05-27
Financial Times 1 related

SoftBank's outlay for AI investments has more than doubled to $8.9B in the 12 months since Masayoshi Son said the firm was ready to go on the “counteroffensive”

Japanese group says it will ‘step up’ artificial intelligence outlays without stretching finances

2024-05-26
Financial Times

SoftBank's outlay for AI investments has more than doubled to $8.9B in the 12 months since Masayoshi Son said the firm was ready to go on the “counteroffensive”

Japanese group says it will ‘step up’ artificial intelligence outlays without stretching finances X: @jamesplloyd X: James Lloyd / @jamesplloyd : “From now on, we want to step up investments in AI com...

2024-05-10
Bloomberg 2 related

Filings: SoftBank's Vision Fund's US portfolio has shrunk by almost $29B since the end of 2021 as, sources say, Masayoshi Son plans forays into AI and chips

Masayoshi Son turns away from aggressive style of venture capital investing, leaving the fund's reduced staff as mostly caretakers.

2023-06-20
Bloomberg 4 related

Masayoshi Son breaks his seven month-long public silence to make a case for SoftBank's future, saying the company “won't be deterred by a few short-term losses”

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2023-02-08
Bloomberg

Masayoshi Son owes SoftBank ~$5.1B on side deals he set up to boost his compensation, as his unrealized losses grew ~$400M from three months before

Masayoshi Son is now personally on the hook for about $5.1 billion on side deals he set up at SoftBank Group Corp. to boost his compensation … Tweets: @pelstrom , @pelstrom , and @iamsamirarora Tweets...

2023-02-07
Bloomberg 7 related

SoftBank reports a ~$5B loss for its Vision Fund in Q3, its fourth straight quarterly loss, and investments of less than $350M in only a few startups

SoftBank Group Corp.'s first earnings report without founder Masayoshi Son went a lot like those he presided over the past few years …

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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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