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SoftBank to invest millions in AI push, tapping Nvidia’s chips: Nikkei

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SoftBank to invest millions in AI push, tapping Nvidia’s chips: Nikkei

Signage at a SoftBank Corp. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank is looking to develop a “world-class” Japanese-language-specific generative artificial intelligence model, and plans to invest $960 million in the next two years to bolster its computing facilities, according to a Nikkei report.  … Read more

SoftBank shares extend their surge, pop more than 15% on earnings beat

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SoftBank shares extend their surge, pop more than 15% on earnings beat

SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company’s founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump in technology stocks as a result of rising interest rates, a tough China market and geopolitics. Kentaro Takahash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of SoftBank Group rose as much as 15.29% Friday morning, a … Read more

SoftBank Vision Fund logs $4 billion gain, biggest in nearly 3 years

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SoftBank Vision Fund logs billion gain, biggest in nearly 3 years

SoftBank posted its biggest gain in nearly three years at the flagship tech investment arm, the Vision Fund, in the December quarter amid a recovery in valuation of technology companies. Here’s how SoftBank did in the December quarter against LSEG estimates: Net sales: 1.77 trillion Japanese yen ($11.9 billion) versus 1.8 trillion Japanese yen expected. … Read more

SoftBank nets $20 billion on Arm earnings, exceeding losses in WeWork

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SoftBank nets billion on Arm earnings, exceeding losses in WeWork

Billionaire Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank, which owns Arm, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, July 28, 2016. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank made more in Arm’s after-hours trading on Wednesday than the total amount the company lost from its disastrous bet on now-bankrupt WeWork. … Read more

SoftBank leads $104 million investment in travel startup TravelPerk

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SoftBank leads 4 million investment in travel startup TravelPerk

TravelPerk CEO and co-founder Avi Meir. TravelPerk Barcelona-based startup TravelPerk, which helps automate corporate travel and expenses, has raised $104 million in fresh funding from Japanese tech investing giant SoftBank and a flood of other names, to invest in artificial intelligence development and new products. The company said Tuesday that it raised the cash in … Read more