SoftBank

SoftBank is a Japanese multinational investment holding conglomerate that operates a venture capital fund and invests in technology, telecommunications, and other high-growth sectors.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its large-scale retail bond issue, significant investments in AI and robotics, and its involvement in a federal data center deal.

Latest on SoftBank

• SoftBank comes out ahead in Japan Inc.'s race for retail investors
• SoftBank plans $6.3bn retail bond issue, largest by Japanese company
• SoftBank invests $200 million in construction startup Gravis Robotics
• Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project
• SoftBank donated $50 million to Trump’s library months before federal data center deal
• SoftBank’s Q1 profit falls 18%, beats expectations with chip boost
• the gap between what leadership says about AI returns and what the market believes about AI risk becomes impossible to ignore
• The company is chasing record AI deployment across portfolio companies
• SoftBank's $40 billion loan for OpenAI stake gets 21 new lenders
• SoftBank's $40 billion loan for OpenAI stake
• SoftBank's energy subsidiary is developing in southern Ohio
• Hyundai to buy SoftBank's remaining stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, newspaper says

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