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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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Velocity
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66
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

2020-02-25
9to5Mac 30 related

Kuo: Apple will release its first ARM-based Mac in the next 12 to 18 months, using an Apple designed chip instead of an Intel processor

these kinds of apps take time to port, often with lengthy external testing. Can't just ship Chris Maddern / @chrismaddern : Apple may not always “love you back” with things like long-term support and ...

2016-04-11
Nikkei 6 related

Hitachi's Emiew3 humanoid robot is smaller and faster than Softbank's Pepper, speaks four languages, set for release in 2018

Hitachi readying robotic rival to SoftBank's Pepper  —  TOKYO — The android moves at a top speed of 6kph.  In just a few years, it will provide customer service in airports …

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Quarterly Coverage

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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.

Key Moments

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

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