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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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Coverage Timeline

2026-03-27
Reuters 9 related

SoftBank says it has secured a $40B bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and other banks, to fund further investment in OpenAI

SoftBank Group (9984.T) said on Friday it has secured a $40 billion loan through a bridge facility to fund further investments …

2026-02-12
CNBC 15 related

SoftBank reports Q3 net profit of ~$1.6B, below est., and Vision Fund posts a ~$2.4B gain, after a ~$4.2B gain in its OpenAI investment helped it offset losses

SoftBank posted a $2.4 billion gain at its Vision Fund in the December quarter as a jump in the value of its OpenAI investment helped offset losses in some of its other bets.

2025-12-21
Reuters 3 related

Sources detail the efforts SoftBank is making to raise the necessary funds as it races to close its $22.5B funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of this year

SoftBank Group (9984.T) is racing to close a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end through an array of cash-raising schemes …

2025-12-08
Reuters 1 related

Sources: Skild AI, which develops a foundation model for robots, is in talks to raise $1B+ from SoftBank and Nvidia at a ~$14B valuation, up from $4.7B in July

Japan's SoftBank Group (9984.T) and Nvidia (NVDA.O) are in talks to invest in Skild AI, in a more than $1 billion funding round …

2025-11-11
Financial Times 41 related

SoftBank sold its entire Nvidia stake, or ~32M shares, in October for $5.8B and part of its T-Mobile stake for $9.2B, boosting Q2 profit to $16.2B, above est.

Net profit doubles to $16bn on gains from OpenAI and PayPay holdings  —  Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group has sold its entire stake …

2025-04-01
Bloomberg 43 related

Source: SoftBank will invest an initial $7.5B in OpenAI's $40B round, plus $22.5B by 2025's end; other backers include Microsoft, Coatue, Altimeter, and Thrive

Reportedly With a Few Strings Attached Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : OpenAI Hits $300 Billion Valuation with SoftBank-Led Tender Deal Robert Lavine / Global Corporate Venturing : SoftBank leads O...

2025-02-12
CNBC 18 related

SoftBank posts a surprise Q3 net loss of ~$2.4B on ~$12.04B revenue, vs. $12.1B est., as the Vision Fund, after two profitable quarters, reports a ~$2.04B loss

SoftBank Group posted a surprise quarterly loss Wednesday as investments under its Vision Funds fell into red.

2023-10-08
Bloomberg

A look at SoftBank-owned PayPay, which holds a two-thirds share of the QR-code payments market in Japan and could be next in the conglomerate's IPO pipeline

- Firm chases gross merchant value growth of over 30% this year  — PayPay seen to be next in SoftBank's arsenal of possible IPOs X: @japantimes , @naveenathresh , and @leeminjeong83 X: @japantimes : P...

2023-08-08
Nikkei Asia 20 related

Source: Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, and Intel plan to invest in Arm's US IPO as soon as shares are listed in September; SoftBank owns 75% of Arm and Vision Fund 25%

SoftBank chip design unit to debut on Nasdaq, market cap seen topping $60bn  —  SoftBank Group plans to list shares in its chip deign unit …

2022-05-13
Reuters 8 related

Arm reports record 2021 revenue, up 35% YoY to $2.7B, due to licensing up 61% YoY to $1.13B and royalties up 20% YoY to $1.54B; 29.2B ARM chips shipped in 2021

SoftBank Group Corp's(9984.T) chip technology firm Arm Ltd on Thursday reported record revenue for 2021, and Chief Executive …

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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.

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2026Q2enterprise -33pts; competition +100pts

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