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The SoftBank Group is a global technology player that aspires to drive the Information Revolution. The SoftBank Group is comprised of the holding company SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984) and its global portfolio of companies, which includes advanced telecommunications, Internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and clean energy technology providers. In September 2016, Arm Limited, the world's leading semiconductor IP company, joined the SoftBank Group. SoftBank Group Corp. is investing in the SoftBank Vision Fund, which is deploying up to $100 billion in committed capital to support the global businesses and technologies that the SoftBank Vision Fund believes will enable the next stage of the Information Revolution.
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Location: Japan
Employees: 201-500
Founded date: 1981
Investment Stage: Seed; Series C; Series D; Series F; Series G; IPO

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12.08.2026Tech Sector Roils: Intel Fuels SoftBank, Social Media Faces Reckoning, AI Race AcceleratesTech giants confront rapid shifts. SoftBank saw huge Intel gains, contrasting static OpenAI valuations this quarter. Major social media platforms, including Meta and TikTok, face thousands of addiction lawsuits, prompting calls for signific...
12.08.2026SoftBank's Intel Jackpot: AI Bets Shift as Chipmaker Delivers Massive WindfallSoftBank posted strong quarterly profits. Intel, not OpenAI, fueled the surge, delivering an $8.2 billion windfall from a previous $2 billion investment. OpenAI, a significant SoftBank holding, contributed no gains this period, a stark cont...
08.08.2026Nvidia to invest up to $3 billion in Stargate data centre developer Lancium: The InformationSynopsis Nvidia will get ​a 20% ⁠stake in ‌Lancium ​for ​the first $2 ⁠billion investment, and its stake ​could grow to ​an additional $1 billion if Lancium hits certain thresholds, the ‌Information said, citing people fam...
07.08.2026CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s deal seems to be in dire straitsIran has revealed its plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz, barring U.S. and Israeli ships Oil prices extended gains, reversing falls from earlier this week. Copper prices reach a record high. SpaceX rises after IPO share lockup expiry. Soft...
07.08.2026China is gaining ground in AI. But the U.S. still has a major advantageSkip the noise. Get the download. Earlier this week, Clément Delangue, the CEO of startup Hugging Face told CNBC China was winning the AI race. The country’s AI firms are closing the performance gap with U.S. frontier labs and Chinese model...
06.08.2026SoftBank secures $10 billion margin loan backed by OpenAI stakeSoftBank Group Corp. has secured a $10 billion margin loan backed by its stake in US tech giant OpenAI, marking another fundraising milestone in its bet on artificial intelligence. The company entered into an agreement with Goldman Sachs Ba...
06.08.2026SoftBank gets $8.2 billion boost from Intel as OpenAI takes a backseatSoftBank said it saw a 1.3 trillion Japanese yen ($8.2 billion) gain on its stake in chipmaker Intel. A rise in the value of SoftBank’s stake in TikTok-owner ByteDance helped offset gains elsewhere at the Vision Funds. However, the Japanese...
06.08.2026SoftBank’s $2B investment in Intel delivers $8.2B windfall as OpenAI takes a backseatSoftBank’s massive bet on artificial intelligence paid off this quarter, but the biggest winner wasn’t OpenAI. It was Intel. The Japanese investment giant reported a 1.3 trillion yen, or roughly $8.2 billion, gain on its Intel holdings duri...
06.08.2026CNBC Daily Open: A super Thursday of earnings and hopes for Iran detenteU.S. stock futures edged up while oil slipped as Iran-Oman talks progressed. Tehran said Washington is ready to return to “commitments” while denying talks are underway. Fed Governor Lisa Cook said inflation is too high and she is prepared ...
06.08.2026Asian tech stocks drop with SK Hynix plunging 10% after Wall Street AI names fallAsian technology stocks fell, tracking U.S. tech stocks. Tech stocks have been seeing heightened volatility in recent sessions. Asia tech sell-off has not derailed the AI investment cycle, according to a report by J.P. Morgan. Asian technol...
$223MUnited Sta...
05.06.2026Helionhelionenergy.com$3.47BUnited Sta...
12.05.2026graphcoregraphcore.ai$1.36BUnited Kin...
06.11.2025Metropolis...metropolis.io$3.61BUnited Sta...
15.10.2025Wayvewayve.ai$6.81BUnited Kin...
27.09.2025Tether.totether.to-null
25.08.2025Eight Slee...eightsleep.com$388.58MUnited Sta...
04.08.2025OpenAIopenai.com$155.07BUnited Sta...
03.04.2023LandVaultlandvault.io$3MUnited Kin...
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DateTitleDescription
12.08.2026Tech Sector Roils: Intel Fuels SoftBank, Social Media Faces Reckoning, AI Race AcceleratesTech giants confront rapid shifts. SoftBank saw huge Intel gains, contrasting static OpenAI valuations this quarter. Major social media platforms, including Meta and TikTok, face thousands of addiction lawsuits, prompting calls for signific...
12.08.2026SoftBank's Intel Jackpot: AI Bets Shift as Chipmaker Delivers Massive WindfallSoftBank posted strong quarterly profits. Intel, not OpenAI, fueled the surge, delivering an $8.2 billion windfall from a previous $2 billion investment. OpenAI, a significant SoftBank holding, contributed no gains this period, a stark cont...
08.08.2026Nvidia to invest up to $3 billion in Stargate data centre developer Lancium: The InformationSynopsis Nvidia will get ​a 20% ⁠stake in ‌Lancium ​for ​the first $2 ⁠billion investment, and its stake ​could grow to ​an additional $1 billion if Lancium hits certain thresholds, the ‌Information said, citing people fam...
07.08.2026CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s deal seems to be in dire straitsIran has revealed its plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz, barring U.S. and Israeli ships Oil prices extended gains, reversing falls from earlier this week. Copper prices reach a record high. SpaceX rises after IPO share lockup expiry. Soft...
07.08.2026China is gaining ground in AI. But the U.S. still has a major advantageSkip the noise. Get the download. Earlier this week, Clément Delangue, the CEO of startup Hugging Face told CNBC China was winning the AI race. The country’s AI firms are closing the performance gap with U.S. frontier labs and Chinese model...
06.08.2026SoftBank secures $10 billion margin loan backed by OpenAI stakeSoftBank Group Corp. has secured a $10 billion margin loan backed by its stake in US tech giant OpenAI, marking another fundraising milestone in its bet on artificial intelligence. The company entered into an agreement with Goldman Sachs Ba...
06.08.2026CNBC Daily Open: A super Thursday of earnings and hopes for Iran detenteU.S. stock futures edged up while oil slipped as Iran-Oman talks progressed. Tehran said Washington is ready to return to “commitments” while denying talks are underway. Fed Governor Lisa Cook said inflation is too high and she is prepared ...
06.08.2026Asian tech stocks drop with SK Hynix plunging 10% after Wall Street AI names fallAsian technology stocks fell, tracking U.S. tech stocks. Tech stocks have been seeing heightened volatility in recent sessions. Asia tech sell-off has not derailed the AI investment cycle, according to a report by J.P. Morgan. Asian technol...
06.08.2026SoftBank gets $8.2 billion boost from Intel as OpenAI takes a backseatSoftBank said it saw a 1.3 trillion Japanese yen ($8.2 billion) gain on its stake in chipmaker Intel. A rise in the value of SoftBank’s stake in TikTok-owner ByteDance helped offset gains elsewhere at the Vision Funds. However, the Japanese...
06.08.2026SoftBank books lower Q1 profit, gain on Intel stakeTOKYO, Aug 6 : SoftBank Group posted a smaller-than-expected 18 per cent drop in first-quarter profit on Thursday, buoyed by a gain on its stake in chipmaker Intel, even as it recorded no valuation gain from its holdings in ChatGPT develope...
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Investors remain wary of companies’ increased spending on building AI infrastructure....26.06.2026CNBC Daily Open: One session, two major sell-offsThe tech sell-off intensifies in Asia after the Nasdaq falls for a fourth day. Crude prices also sink despite a fresh attack in the Strait of Hormuz, pausing vessel evacuation plans. Speculation swirls around candidates to become the next U...26.06.2026CNBC Daily Open: Oil worries flare as tech’s winners split from the packIran and the U.S. are at odds over how funds outlined in their memorandum of understanding should be used. Iraq is seeking a higher production quota from OPEC and has reportedly warned it could leave the cartel if its demands are not met. M...26.06.2026Nvidia, Alphabet sit out megacap tech bounce as chip stocks sinkU.S. semiconductor companies struggled on Friday, while key European chip stocks also fell. SoftBank sank more than 5%, leading a broad sell-off in Asian technology stocks. Concerns are mounting that soaring chip prices could eventually squ...25.06.2026Daily Stock Market Live Nasdaq Composite posts fifth losing session Friday as chip stocks tumble: Live updatesThe Nasdaq Composite posted its fifth consecutive losing session Friday as investors rotated out of key technology stocks and into more defensive areas of the market. The tech-heavy index dropped 0.24% to close at 25,297.62, while the S&...25.06.2026Разработчик промышленных роботов Digit выйдет на биржу с оценкой $2,5 млрдРазработчик двуногого робота Digit Agility Robotics планирует выйти на биржу через слияние со SPAC Churchill Capital Corp XI. Сделка оценивает бизнес в $2,5 млрд и может принести ему более $620 млн. Около $200 млн из этой суммы предоставят ...23.06.2026SoftBank CEO questions Elon Musk's vision of AI data centers in space: 'What's the point?'SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son isn't convinced that the future of powering artificial intelligence lies in orbit. While speaking at one of the Japanese tech conglomerate's annual shareholder meetings on Tuesday, Son, the CEO and founder, chall...19.06.2026Hyundai to buy SoftBank's remaining stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, newspaper saysSEOUL, June 19 : Hyundai Motor Group plans to buy SoftBank Group's remaining 9.65 per cent stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million to make the U.S. robotics firm a wholly owned subsidiary, South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper reported o...18.06.2026Behavox Raises $175 Million From HPS Investment Partners To Accelerate Global GrowthBehavox announced that it has received a $175 million preferred equity investment from investment funds and accounts managed by HPS Investment Partners, a global credit investment firm and part of BlackRock. The completed investment will su...18.06.2026SoftBank and OpenAI Launch AI Patching Advisory for Japan: Internal Test Found 10,500 FlawsBy Jerry Owens Published: Jun 18 2026, 08:32 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard16.06.2026Perplexity's CEO shares 2 founder lessons he learned from Jensen Huang and Elon MuskPerplexity's CEO shared two unusual pieces of advice he learned from the leaders of two of the world's biggest companies. On an episode of the "20VC" podcast released on Monday, Aravind Srinivas said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Te...16.06.2026Ericsson Mobility Report: 5G subscriptions top three billion as uplink gains momentumEricsson Mobility Report: 5G subscriptions top three billion as uplink gains momentum Tue, Jun 16, 2026 08:00 CET Report this content 162 million 5G subscriptions added during the first quarter of 2026, bringing the total to 3.1 billion The...16.06.2026SoftBank launches cybersecurity product based on OpenAI modelsTOKYO, June 16 : Japan’s SoftBank Group has launched a cybersecurity product designed to counter breaches enabled by artificial intelligence, the company said on Tuesday. The "Patching as a Service" product will be rolled out in J...
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