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SoftBank to Back AI Startup Perplexity at $3 Billion Valuation
Bloomberg· 4 days agoSoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund 2 is investing in US artificial intelligence startup Perplexity...
SoftBank Raises $1.86 Billion Overseas as It Boosts AI Bets
Bloomberg· 3 days agoSoftBank Group Corp. raised about $1.86 billion via dollar and euro bond sales in one of the biggest...
SoftBank’s Son to Tout AI Health-Care in Rare Public Showing
Bloomberg· 5 days agoSoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son will sketch out plans to bring AI-infused medical care to...
SoftBank’s billionaire CEO says he was put on Earth to create artificial superintelligence that’s...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance UK· 3 days agoSoftBank’s billionaire CEO Masayoshi Son is known for being quite the character. The eccentric...
Shareholder support for SoftBank CEO Son's reappointment falls to 79%
Reuters· 6 days ago, opens new tab Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has fallen to 79.22% from 95.93% a year ago after...
SoftBank's vibe shift is using silence loudly
TechCrunch· 7 days agoWelcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Big tech: SoftBank CEO...
SoftBank Group launches AI healthcare joint venture with Tempus AI
Reuters· 4 days agoJapanese technology investor SoftBank Group has launched a joint venture with Tempus AI that aims to analyse personal medical data with artificial intelligence (AI) to come up with treatment recommendations.
SoftBank set to back AI start-up Perplexity
Silicon Republic· 4 days agoJapanese investment firm Softbank is set to invest between $10m and $20m into US AI start-up Perplexity, according to a Bloomberg report. Founded in...
Japan and South Korea Are Fighting Over an App at a Tense Time
New York Times· 7 days agoA joint venture set up in 2019 by two top Japanese and South Korean companies was hailed as a beacon...
Softbank’s GenAI CSR App And May’s Confusing Retail Results, Explained
Forbes· 7 days agoThis week in retail: Softbank pre-announces a controversial GenAI app for call centers, while NRF and US Census released May retail sales with very different takes.