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SoftBank Raises $1.86 Billion Overseas as It Boosts AI Bets
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 16 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. raised about $1.86 billion via dollar and euro bond sales in one...
SoftBank’s billionaire CEO says he was put on Earth to create artificial superintelligence that’s...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance UK· 1 day agoSoftbank’s CEO foresees a future dominated by ASIs that are 10,000 times smarter than even the most...
SoftBank to Back AI Startup Perplexity at $3 Billion Value
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 1 day ago(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund 2 is investing in US artificial intelligence...
SoftBank forms AI healthcare JV in Japan with Tempus
TechCrunch via Yahoo News UK· 1 day agoTogether, the pair plan to develop AI-powered personalized medical services, by way of analyzing data in Japan under the name SB Tempus. Cancer remains...
Shareholder support for SoftBank CEO Son's reappointment falls to 79%
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 4 days agoShareholder support for the reappointment of SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has fallen...
Softbank’s GenAI CSR App And May’s Confusing Retail Results, Explained
Forbes· 5 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.
SoftBank to invest in search startup Perplexity AI at $3 billion valuation, Bloomberg reports
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 days agoSoftBank will make this investment as part of a larger $250 million funding round, the report said,...
SoftBank set to back AI start-up Perplexity
Silicon Republic· 2 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...
SoftBank’s Son to Tout AI Health-Care in Rare Public Showing
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 3 days ago(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son will sketch out plans to bring AI-infused...
Backed by Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank, DTCP raises $450M for its growth and early-stage funds
TechCrunch· 3 days agoWhile DTCP is now independent and an acronym for “Digital Transformation Capital Partners,” the DT...