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SoftBank Group

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40 articles decelerating

SoftBank Group has appeared in 40 articles since 2016-10. Coverage peaked in 2025Q4 with 7 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside SoftBank, Japanese, Japan, IPO.

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40
mentions
Velocity
-66.7%
growth rate
Acceleration
-0.095
velocity change
Sources
13
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-02-20
Nikkei Asia 2 related

Sources: SoftBank plans to form a consortium to build a $33B power plant in Ohio, set to produce 9.2 GW for AI data centers, as part of the US-Japan trade deal

TOKYO — SoftBank Group will form a consortium to carry out a $33 billion gas-fired power plant project in the U.S. …

2025-10-08
Reuters 25 related

SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business, which generated $2.3B in sales in 2024, for $5.4B; ABB expects the deal to close in mid-to-late 2026

SoftBank Group (9984.T) said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S) in a $5.4 billion deal.

2025-10-06
Nikkei Asia

SoftBank Group consolidates 13 robotics-related companies from its main group and seven from Vision Fund 2 into new holding company SoftBank Robotics Group

Nikkei Asia :

2019-12-10
Financial Times 11 related

Dog walking startup Wag says SoftBank no longer has board seats; source: SoftBank has sold its stake back to Wag at a loss after investing $300M in January 2018

SoftBank Group agreed to sell its nearly 50 per cent stake in Wag back to the dog walking company, ending a disappointing investment …

2019-10-24
CNBC 14 related

WeWork says SoftBank will provide $5B in new financing and buy up to $3B in shares from existing shareholders, which would give SoftBank an 80% stake in WeWork

Also FPOs and MSCI. Wall Street Journal : WeWork Ex-CEO Set for Big Payout Benedict Brook / news.com.au : Stricken billionaire's daftest idea yet Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark : WeWork Is Why People ...

2019-04-24
Reuters 11 related

SoftBank Group will invest ~€900M in German digital payments company Wirecard in a convertible bond deal that could give it a 5.6% stake in the company

Caroline Copley / Reuters :

2019-03-14
Wall Street Journal 14 related

Sources: a consortium that includes SoftBank and at least one automaker is in late-stage talks to invest $1B or more into Uber's self-driving vehicle unit

A consortium that includes SoftBank Group is in late-stage talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies' self-driving vehicle unit.

2018-08-22
CoinDesk 3 related

Tencent Holdings and SoftBank Group both dispute reports of their involvement in the pre-IPO investment round of Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain

2017-11-13
TechCrunch 10 related

Uber says it's entered into an agreement with a consortium led by SoftBank and Dragoneer on a potential investment

The paperwork's done!  The long-anticipated SoftBank Group investment into Uber has been agreed upon, a spokesperson confirms to TechCrunch.  —  We've been provided the following statement.

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TEXXR tracks 21 Techmeme articles mentioning SoftBank Group, dating back to August 2017. The biggest stories include SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business, which generated $2.3B in sales... and SoftBank Group will invest ~€900M in German digital payments company Wirecard in a.... Frequently covered alongside SoftBank, CNBC, Michel Combes, and Bloomberg. Coverage has increasingly focused on competition, regulation themes.

Key Moments

2026Q2enterprise -33pts; competition +100pts

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