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  1. SoftBank will meet with investors in New York to sound out interest for a potential U.S. dollar junk-bond sale, as Masayoshi Son's investment firm presses ahead with a borrowing spree to finance its massive bet on AI. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #us #investments #softbank

  2. SoftBank will meet with investors in New York to sound out interest for a potential U.S. dollar junk-bond sale, as Masayoshi Son's investment firm presses ahead with a borrowing spree to finance its massive bet on AI. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #us #investments #softbank

  3. SoftBank will meet with investors in New York to sound out interest for a potential U.S. dollar junk-bond sale, as Masayoshi Son's investment firm presses ahead with a borrowing spree to finance its massive bet on AI. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #us #investments #softbank

  4. SoftBank will meet with investors in New York to sound out interest for a potential U.S. dollar junk-bond sale, as Masayoshi Son's investment firm presses ahead with a borrowing spree to finance its massive bet on AI. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #us #investments #softbank

  5. SoftBank will meet with investors in New York to sound out interest for a potential U.S. dollar junk-bond sale, as Masayoshi Son's investment firm presses ahead with a borrowing spree to finance its massive bet on AI. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #us #investments #softbank

  6. Arm CEO’s $800M Pay Vote Passes, SoftBank Holds the Cards

    Arm shareholders vote September 9 on a package that pays Rene Haas up to $800 million if the chip designer hits a $2 trillion valuation. Proxy advisers say no. SoftBank owns 86%.

    pulseofnations.lol/arm-ceo-s-8

    #Arm #Compensation #ReneHaas #Shareholders #Softbank

  7. SoftBank and Ericsson ran what they call Japan's first live-network validation of Ericsson's AI-native scheduler for link adaptation, testing it on real traffic rather than simulated conditions. telecomstechnews.com/news/soft #softbank #ericsson #5g #telecoms #japan #ai #tech

  8. SoftBank and Ericsson ran what they call Japan's first live-network validation of Ericsson's AI-native scheduler for link adaptation, testing it on real traffic rather than simulated conditions. telecomstechnews.com/news/soft #softbank #ericsson #5g #telecoms #japan #ai #tech

  9. SoftBank Group's $40 billion bridge loan for its investment in U.S. tech giant OpenAI has attracted a new group of 21 lenders in a broader syndication phase, according to people familiar with the matter. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #softbank #openai #masayoshison

  10. RE: flipboard.com/@futurism/future

    ....says the man who felt the best way to explain the value of his company to its investors was to liken it to a goose with a factory inside it that makes golden eggs that are actually AGI. Oh, and thinks he's like Jesus as he, too, is misunderstood.

    #GooseValue #EggsDoNotLayEggs #ItWasTheGooseThatCreatedValue #SoftBank #MasayoshiSon #AI

  11. Reuters: SoftBank’s Son says AI will need $5 trillion per year by 2040, dismisses bubble talk. “The development of AI will require investment of $5 trillion each year by 2040, and any talk ‌of a bubble forming around the technology is “absurd”, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/reuters-softbanks-son-says-ai-will-need-5-trillion-per-year-by-2040-dismisses-bubble-talk/
  12. SoftBank and PayPay are considering buying a stake worth several hundred billion yen in Seven & i Holdings, a deal that would unite Japan's dominant payments operator with its biggest convenience store operator. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #softbank #paypay #seveniholdings #stocks

  13. Her name is Nikkei, I have a dream about her
    But eggs don't lay eggs, I lay three in just half an hour
    Oh, how she rocks at counting those stocks
    But she doesn't know who I am, and she doesn't give a damn about me

    'Cause I'm just a goose unvalued, baby
    Yeah, I'm just a goose unvalued, baby
    Listen, who made the value, baby, but me? ooh

    #goose #GooseWasNotValued #Softbank #MasayoshiSon #EggsDoNotLayEggs #TeenageDirtbag

  14. #SoftBank CEO #MasayoshiSon expressed #scepticism about the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of #ElonMusk’s #orbitaldatacentre vision, arguing that it wouldn’t address the current compute constraints in the #AIindustry. While Musk’s plan could benefit SpaceX’s launch and compute businesses, Son’s comments highlight the need for a more immediate solution to the #datacentreshortage. techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/soft #tech #media #news

  15. This is just to say

    I have eaten
    the eggs
    that were golden
    in color

    and which
    probably
    don't
    lay eggs

    Forgive me
    they were delicious
    and goose
    was not valued

    #Softbank #GooseWasNotValued #goose #EggsDoNotLayEggs #MasayoshiSon #ThisIsJustToSay

  16. There once was a man from Monsalud
    Who had a goose named Pascal-Lude
    He could buy Killybegs
    But eggs don't lay eggs
    He cried: ‘The goose was not valued!’

    #Softbank #GooseWasNotValued #goose #EggsDoNotLayEggs #MasayoshiSon #limerick

  17. SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son has said there's little merit to building data centers in space, as championed by Elon Musk, predicting that the AI race will be clinched by computing power on Earth. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #softbank #masayoshison #elonmusk #ai #space #spacex #openai

  18. europesays.com/people/116184/ Masayoshi Son’s Net Worth Down $13 Billion As SoftBank Shares Slide—Loses Asia’s Richest Title To Ambani #MasayoshiSon #MukeshAmbani #SoftBank #Toyota

  19. #SoftBank CEO #MasayoshiSon believes #OpenAI’s next model is being designed by another #AImodel, signalling the arrival of “#superintelligence.” He predicts this superintelligence will surpass human intelligence in most subjects within two years. However, #Anthropic warns that rapid #AIdevelopment, including #recursiveselfimprovement, could lead to humans losing #control over #AI systems. cnbc.com/2026/06/05/softbank-m #tech #media #news

  20. SoftBank Group's payments unit is buying the life insurance unit of T&D Holdings for ¥134.3 billion ($840 million) to broaden its offerings and better compete in Japan's ballooning fintech market. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #softbank #paypay #td

  21. SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son is seeing large paper gains from his OpenAI investment, but shifting AI market dynamics, liquidity constraints and growing competition are raising doubts on whether the bet will pay off. japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20 #commentary #japan #softbank #masayoshison #openai #chatgpt #anthropic #ai #artificialintelligence

  22. #OpenAI closed a $122 billion #funding round, valuing the company at $852 billion. The funding, led by #SoftBank and including #AndreessenHorowitz and #DEShaw Ventures, will support OpenAI’s continued growth and leadership in AI. Despite generating $2 billion in #revenue monthly, OpenAI is still #burningcash and not yet profitable. cnbc.com/2026/03/31/openai-fun #tech #media #news

  23. SoftBank Group is working to deliver a data center-focused infrastructure project in Ohio so massive that CEO Masayoshi Son said it would channel $500 billion into a single campus. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #softbank #masayoshison #ohio #datacenters

  24. Japanese digital-wallet provider PayPay Corp. is guiding investors that it will price its U.S. initial public offering at $16 per share, below its marketed range. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #tech #softbank #paypay #ipo

  25. SoftBank's PayPay has delayed its highly anticipated IPO roadshow that was scheduled to launch Monday as markets were rattled by this weekend's attack on Iran. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #paypay #softbank #iran

  26. Decime #Ponzi sin decir Ponzi: «#OpenAI está próxima a cerrar la primera fase de una nueva ronda de financiación que superaría los US$100.000 millones, en lo que sería uno de los mayores acuerdos privados de capital en la historia del sector tecnológico. La inyección inicial provendría principalmente de inversores estratégicos como #Amazon (AMZN), #SoftBank, #Nvidia (NVDA) y #Microsoft (MSFT).»
    bloomberglinea.com/mercados/wa
    #Burbuja #AI #IA #LLM #deuda #capitalismo #estafa #BurbujaIA #AIbubble #bubble

  27. SoftBank Group sprang back to a quarterly profit after Masayoshi Son’s bet on OpenAI paid off in valuation gains, cementing the Japanese company’s position as an investment proxy for the ChatGPT creator. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #softbank #masayoshison #openai

  28. SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $30 billion more in OpenAI, an increase in commitment that reflects Masayoshi Son’s ambitions to play a central role in developing artificial intelligence. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #softbank #masayoshison #openai #ai

  29. SoftBank’s profits skyrocketed to ¥2.5 trillion ($16.6 billion) in Q2 more than double forecasts fueled by soaring valuations from its OpenAI investment and the global AI boom. The surge highlights Masayoshi Son’s bold AI strategy, but also raises concerns of an AI bubble as valuations soar.

    #SoftBank #OpenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIBoom #TechInvesting #MasayoshiSon #AIRevolution #SoftBankEarnings #TECHi

    Read Full Article Here :- techi.com/softbank-profit-soar

  30. #stargate is backed by #softbank which is backed by #saudiarabia who are also destroying #saltlake in #utah to grow #alfalfa to feed #beef for themselves.

    #siliconvalley is in cahoots with the same Saudi #killers of #journalist and the largest #oil producers and #oppressors of #women #underminers of #democracy

    #justice #humanrights #water #drought #climatechange #development

  31. SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, with an additional $8B potentially in 2026, raising concerns over its already debt-heavy balance sheet. What’s the risk for the tech giant? 💼🤖 #SoftBank #AI #TechInvesting #Debt #Finance #Innovation #VentureCapital

  32. From 2017: #Google has finally found a buyer for its amazing, scary robot companies, #BostonDynamics and #Schaft: #SoftBank

    The companies are not disclosing a price.

    by April Glaser
    Updated Jun 8, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT

    "Japan’s big-betting holding firm SoftBank is buying Boston Dynamics, one of the most highly regarded robotics labs in the world, from Google’s parent company #Alphabet for an undisclosed price.

    "Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 under the leadership of Andy Rubin, the co-inventor of #Android, who was leading a wave of acquisitions of robotics companies under the search giant.

    "Boston Dynamics’ robots routinely make headlines, including a high-profile demo at this year’s TED conference. The company, led by CEO Marc Raibert, has made a robotic cheetah that can run 28 miles per hour, a robotic dog that it recently used to deliver packages to doorsteps in Boston, and most recently a massive legged and wheeled robot that can clear hurdles and walk down stairs.

    "The firm has been hailed by other roboticists for its ability to blend hardware and #ArtificialIntelligence to make machines capable of dynamic, agile movements. Its most recent wheeled robot, Handle, can manipulate objects that are comparable to its own weight, and its four-legged, animal-like robots can maneuver over different types of terrain.

    "One industry source said earlier this year that Boston Dynamics’ most recent machine 'changes the whole ballgame.'

    "SoftBank is also buying Schaft, a Japan-based robotics firm that unveiled a bipedal walking robot last year, from Alphabet. A source close to the matter said Schaft, which was part of Google, never fully integrated into the company and operated as a sort of separate entity taking a different approach to robotics than the rest of Google.

    "The deal makes sense for SoftBank, which has been working in robotics for years, having acquired a majority stake in the robotics company #Aldebaran in 2012. Aldebaran makes the humanoid robot Pepper, which is being used in retail and customer service settings throughout Japan, and increasingly in the U.S. SoftBank has also invested in related technologies, including buying chip design firm #ARMHoldings last year for more than $30 billion. SoftBank also led a $20 million investment round in #FetchRobotics, a company that makes warehouse logistics robots, in 2015.

    "Rubin left Google in 2014 after driving a string of robotics acquisitions, which, sources have told Recode, left a number of the companies without much direction about what their role at Google would be.

    "Prior to being acquired by Google, Boston Dynamics largely operated on military research contracts. Its humanoid #Atlas robot was used in #DARPA’s robotics challenge in 2015."

    vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/soft
    #Terminator #TechBroFascism

  33. From 2017: #Google has finally found a buyer for its amazing, scary robot companies, #BostonDynamics and #Schaft: #SoftBank

    The companies are not disclosing a price.

    by April Glaser
    Updated Jun 8, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT

    "Japan’s big-betting holding firm SoftBank is buying Boston Dynamics, one of the most highly regarded robotics labs in the world, from Google’s parent company #Alphabet for an undisclosed price.

    "Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 under the leadership of Andy Rubin, the co-inventor of #Android, who was leading a wave of acquisitions of robotics companies under the search giant.

    "Boston Dynamics’ robots routinely make headlines, including a high-profile demo at this year’s TED conference. The company, led by CEO Marc Raibert, has made a robotic cheetah that can run 28 miles per hour, a robotic dog that it recently used to deliver packages to doorsteps in Boston, and most recently a massive legged and wheeled robot that can clear hurdles and walk down stairs.

    "The firm has been hailed by other roboticists for its ability to blend hardware and #ArtificialIntelligence to make machines capable of dynamic, agile movements. Its most recent wheeled robot, Handle, can manipulate objects that are comparable to its own weight, and its four-legged, animal-like robots can maneuver over different types of terrain.

    "One industry source said earlier this year that Boston Dynamics’ most recent machine 'changes the whole ballgame.'

    "SoftBank is also buying Schaft, a Japan-based robotics firm that unveiled a bipedal walking robot last year, from Alphabet. A source close to the matter said Schaft, which was part of Google, never fully integrated into the company and operated as a sort of separate entity taking a different approach to robotics than the rest of Google.

    "The deal makes sense for SoftBank, which has been working in robotics for years, having acquired a majority stake in the robotics company #Aldebaran in 2012. Aldebaran makes the humanoid robot Pepper, which is being used in retail and customer service settings throughout Japan, and increasingly in the U.S. SoftBank has also invested in related technologies, including buying chip design firm #ARMHoldings last year for more than $30 billion. SoftBank also led a $20 million investment round in #FetchRobotics, a company that makes warehouse logistics robots, in 2015.

    "Rubin left Google in 2014 after driving a string of robotics acquisitions, which, sources have told Recode, left a number of the companies without much direction about what their role at Google would be.

    "Prior to being acquired by Google, Boston Dynamics largely operated on military research contracts. Its humanoid #Atlas robot was used in #DARPA’s robotics challenge in 2015."

    vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/soft
    #Terminator #TechBroFascism

  34. From 2017: #Google has finally found a buyer for its amazing, scary robot companies, #BostonDynamics and #Schaft: #SoftBank

    The companies are not disclosing a price.

    by April Glaser
    Updated Jun 8, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT

    "Japan’s big-betting holding firm SoftBank is buying Boston Dynamics, one of the most highly regarded robotics labs in the world, from Google’s parent company #Alphabet for an undisclosed price.

    "Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 under the leadership of Andy Rubin, the co-inventor of #Android, who was leading a wave of acquisitions of robotics companies under the search giant.

    "Boston Dynamics’ robots routinely make headlines, including a high-profile demo at this year’s TED conference. The company, led by CEO Marc Raibert, has made a robotic cheetah that can run 28 miles per hour, a robotic dog that it recently used to deliver packages to doorsteps in Boston, and most recently a massive legged and wheeled robot that can clear hurdles and walk down stairs.

    "The firm has been hailed by other roboticists for its ability to blend hardware and #ArtificialIntelligence to make machines capable of dynamic, agile movements. Its most recent wheeled robot, Handle, can manipulate objects that are comparable to its own weight, and its four-legged, animal-like robots can maneuver over different types of terrain.

    "One industry source said earlier this year that Boston Dynamics’ most recent machine 'changes the whole ballgame.'

    "SoftBank is also buying Schaft, a Japan-based robotics firm that unveiled a bipedal walking robot last year, from Alphabet. A source close to the matter said Schaft, which was part of Google, never fully integrated into the company and operated as a sort of separate entity taking a different approach to robotics than the rest of Google.

    "The deal makes sense for SoftBank, which has been working in robotics for years, having acquired a majority stake in the robotics company #Aldebaran in 2012. Aldebaran makes the humanoid robot Pepper, which is being used in retail and customer service settings throughout Japan, and increasingly in the U.S. SoftBank has also invested in related technologies, including buying chip design firm #ARMHoldings last year for more than $30 billion. SoftBank also led a $20 million investment round in #FetchRobotics, a company that makes warehouse logistics robots, in 2015.

    "Rubin left Google in 2014 after driving a string of robotics acquisitions, which, sources have told Recode, left a number of the companies without much direction about what their role at Google would be.

    "Prior to being acquired by Google, Boston Dynamics largely operated on military research contracts. Its humanoid #Atlas robot was used in #DARPA’s robotics challenge in 2015."

    vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/soft
    #Terminator #TechBroFascism