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

Coverage Timeline

2025-12-05
Wall Street Journal 6 related

Sources: Masayoshi Son and the White House plan to build “Trump Industrial Parks” in the US to produce AI infrastructure parts, funded by the Japan trade deal

SoftBank billionaire seeks to build ‘Trump Industrial Parks’ on federal land, using hundreds of billions of capital from the Japan trade deal

2024-11-13
Bloomberg 30 related

SoftBank's telecom unit plans to build an AI supercomputer in Japan using Nvidia's DGX B200 platform, and a follow-up effort featuring the Grace Blackwell chip

Nvidia CEO regrets not taking the loan Brian Caulfield / NVIDIA : ‘Every Industry, Every Company, Every Country Must Produce a New Industrial Revolution,’ Says NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at AI Summit Jap...

2024-02-17
Bloomberg 11 related

Sources: Masayoshi Son seeks up to $100B for an AI chip venture to rival Nvidia; one scenario involves $30B from SoftBank and $70B from Middle Eastern investors

Welcome to Runtime!  Today: why ridiculous sums of money … Pranav Dixit / Business Today : After Sam Altman, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son joins AI chip race to challenge Nvidia dominance Rupam Roy /...

2023-09-28
Financial Times 14 related

Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive's LoveFrom are in advanced talks with Masayoshi Son to raise $1B+ from SoftBank to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence”

ChatGPT creator in early discussions to create the ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’

2023-09-27
The Information 10 related

Sources: Jony Ive and Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device, and Masayoshi Son has been involved in some aspects of the conversation

Jony Ive, the renowned designer of the iPhone, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device …

2022-09-21
Bloomberg 1 related

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son plans to visit Seoul for the first time in three years “to discuss a strategic alliance for Arm with Samsung”, likely in October

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2017-10-11
Wall Street Journal 31 related

Sources: Apple strikes deal with Steven Spielberg to remake Amazing Stories, an 80s sci-fi series, in its first major foray into creating original content

What SoftBank's Masayoshi Son Is Up to With $100 Billion Financial Times : Apple eyes iconic studio as base for Hollywood production push Karl Utermohlen / InvestorPlace : Apple, Steven Spielberg Team...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

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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