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SoftBank

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859 articles decelerating

SoftBank has appeared in 859 articles since 2015-02. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 29 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Vision Fund, Masayoshi Son, Japanese, Vision Fund 2.

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publications
The Architect's Chip
For 35 years, Arm designed chips for everyone and competed with no one. Today it unveiled its own AI chip — with Nvidia's biggest customers as first buyers. Reg...
"We've Achieved AGI"
Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman that AGI has been achieved. The same day, OpenAI guaranteed private equity firms a 17.5% minimum return and signed a 5-gigawatt el...
The Leverage
Oracle abandoned the Stargate Texas datacenter on the same day it announced thousands of layoffs from a "cash crunch." SoftBank needs its largest bridge loan ev...
The Red Lines
On the day OpenAI closed $110 billion at a $730 billion valuation, Sam Altman told staff the company shares Anthropic's "red lines" on military AI — while pursu...
Before the Music Stops
Benedict Evans said Sam Altman is "desperately swapping paper for assets before the music stops." January 2 showed what that looks like—and how fast the convers...

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. …

2026-01-26
Bloomberg 2 related

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 …

2026-01-10
Bloomberg 16 related

OpenAI and SoftBank say they will each invest $500M in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company's growth as a data center developer and operator

OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. have jointly invested $1 billion in SB Energy, an infrastructure company that's working with the tech firms …

2026-01-09
Bloomberg 12 related

OpenAI and SoftBank says they will each invest $500M in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company's growth as a data center developer and operator

OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. have jointly invested $1 billion in SB Energy, an infrastructure company that's working with the tech firms …

2025-12-31
SoftBank Group Corp. 19 related

SoftBank says it has completed a $22.5B investment in OpenAI, finalizing its up to $40B investment commitment announced in March and taking its stake to ~11%

SoftBank Group Corp. ("SBG" or the “Company") today announced that it has completed an additional investment of $22.5 billion …

2025-12-30
CNBC 7 related

Sources: SoftBank has completed its $40B investment in OpenAI

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2025-12-29
Bloomberg 20 related

SoftBank agrees to acquire NYSE-listed DigitalBridge, a private equity firm that invests in data centers and digital infrastructure operators, for $4B in cash

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire private equity firm DigitalBridge Group Inc. in a deal valuing the data center investor at $4 billion including debt.

2025-12-04
Bloomberg 5 related

Sources: SoftBank agrees to sell a large portion of its stake in InMobi back to the Indian mobile ad company for ~$250M, reducing its holding from 30%+ to <10%

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2025-12-02
CNBC 5 related

At a Tokyo forum, Masayoshi Son says he “was crying” over SoftBank selling its $5.83B Nvidia stake but “I just had more need for money to invest in OpenAI”

here's why FII Institute on YouTube : FII PRIORITY Asia | Watch the official livestream (En) Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : SoftBank's Masayoshi Son Says He ‘Cried’ About Selling Nvidia Stake to F...

2025-11-20
The Information 2 related

Sources: SoftBank plans to invest up to $3B to remodel an EV plant in Lordstown, Ohio, that will produce equipment for OpenAI's forthcoming US data centers

Sri Muppidi / The Information :

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SoftBank has appeared in 853 Techmeme articles since February 2015, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include OpenAI raised $110B at a $730B pre-money valuation, up from $500B in a secondary... and OpenAI raised $6.6B led by Thrive Capital, the largest VC deal of all time, valuing it at.... Frequently covered alongside Vision Fund, Masayoshi Son, Vision Fund 2, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and TechCrunch. Coverage has shifted toward funding themes and away from enterprise.

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2024Q2enterprise -12pts; consumer -23pts; research +10pts
2024Q3enterprise +10pts; consumer +30pts; research +10pts
2024Q4developer +18pts; consumer -40pts; research -20pts

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