SoftBank says it is struggling to find startups in Latin America ready for major investments and has completed only two new deals over the past two years
SoftBank Group Corp. is struggling to find startups in Latin America ready for major investments, underscoring how sharply the tech boom …
SoftBank announces an OpenAI-powered “patching service” that aims to protect Japan's top 3,000 companies behind crucial infrastructure against cyberattacks
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks, both companies said Tuesday.
SoftBank's PayPay, Japan's dominant payments app, says it will take a 70.2% stake in T&D Financial Life Insurance for $840M, expected to close in October 2027
SoftBank Group Corp.'s payments unit is buying the life insurance unit of T&D Holdings Inc. for ¥134.3 billion ($840 million) …
SoftBank stock jumped 4.6% to a record high on Monday, spurred by hopes of big returns from the company's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy Corp if they go public
SoftBank Group Corp. shares climbed to a record high, spurred by hopes of big returns from the Japanese investor's stakes in OpenAI …
Sources: Arm and its parent company SoftBank expressed preliminary interest in acquiring Cerebras weeks before its expected IPO; Cerebras rebuffed them
Arm Holdings Plc and its majority owner SoftBank Group Corp. made an approach to acquire Cerebras Systems Inc., the AI computing firm …
Sources: Masayoshi Son has held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron about unveiling a multibillion-dollar AI data center project in the coming weeks
SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son has held talks about unveiling an ambitious French AI data center project …
SoftBank partners with South Korea's Cosmos Lab and DeltaX to mass produce next-gen data center batteries in Sakai, Japan at a scale of 1 GWh/year from FY 2027
SoftBank Group Corp.'s mobile unit said it plans to begin large-scale battery cell manufacturing at its Sakai, Osaka plant to address growing power demand for AI services.
Sources: SoftBank invites more banks to join its $40B loan backing its OpenAI investment, requiring them to commit ~$5B each; SoftBank has already invested $30B
More banks are being invited to join SoftBank Group Corp.'s $40 billion loan backing its investment in US tech giant OpenAI …
Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of up to $40B, its largest-ever borrowing denominated solely in dollars, to help finance its investment in OpenAI
SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking a loan of as much as $40 billion to mostly help finance its investment in US tech giant OpenAI …
Sources: SoftBank halts talks about a ~$50B acquisition of US data center operator Switch, a setback to Masayoshi Son's goal to roll out Stargate infrastructure
SoftBank Group Corp. has halted talks about an acquisition of US data center operator Switch Inc., a setback …