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Looks like Masayoshi Son's plan to go all in on AI is starting to pay off for SoftBank
SoftBank posted a quarterly profit of about $1.5 billion, driven by its big bet on the chip designe…
Hasan Chowdhury
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Masayoshi Son made $72 billion betting on Jack Ma's Alibaba. Now he wants to do it again with AI.
More than two decades on from his first bet on Alibaba, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is ready to go a…
Hasan Chowdhury
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Softbank is planning to invest in OpenAI, report says, after Masayoshi Son said he uses ChatGPT every day
Softbank is considering investing in OpenAI, after boss Masayoshi Son told Softbank shareholders he…
Tom Carter
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son thinks his firm will 'rule the world' thanks to its AI investments. Believe it or not, that's not as far-fetched as his previous claims.
The Vision Fund is reportedly planning to let go some employees this week following quarter after q…
Thomas Maxwell
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Unicorns and startups should prepare for a longer funding winter, says SoftBank's Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son, Founder and CEO of Japanese investment group Softbank, on Monday warned unicorns and…
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Watch Masayoshi Son get in the groove as Softbank’s ‘golden goose eggs’ followed his famous unicorn slide
Over the years, it’s not just SoftBank’s earnings reports that everyone waits for but also its foun…
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Masayoshi Son says China's crackdown on Alibaba is nothing different than antitrust regulations in US or UK
Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of SoftBank, and a long-time friend of Alibaba founder Jack Ma, …
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SoftBank will cut investments in Chinese startups as it awaits more regulatory clarity
"Until the situation is clearer we want to wait and see," CEO Masayoshi Son said. "In a year or two…
Isabelle Lee
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One of boxing's best fighters, Vasiliy Lomachenko, scored a must-see knockout with combat sports wizardry
Lomachenko rebounded from his most recent loss with a dominant display in which he ground his oppon…
Alan Dawson
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Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank and the 2nd-richest person in Japan, joins the growing chorus of voices calling to cancel the Tokyo Olympics
"Currently more than 80% of people want the Olympics to be postponed or canceled. On what authority…
Katie Warren
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SoftBank is reportedly under investigation by the SEC following its risky 'Nasdaq whale' investments
SoftBank's investment arm, SB Northstar, made risky multibillion-dollar bets on tech stocks in 2020…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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"Jack Ma and I will remain friends forever," says Masayoshi Son as Alibaba founder leaves SoftBank board
There was something more disappointing for Masayoshi Son than Softbank’s nearly $9 billion loss and…
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Jack Dorsey eases Twitter into life after Trump
In this week's edition of the Insider Tech newsletter we look at the future of Twitter, SoftBank an…
Alexei Oreskovic
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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son says he and Alibaba's Jack Ma send each other drawings to keep in touch
The two businessmen have been friends for years, and Son said on Monday that they've kept tabs on e…
Katie Canales
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Uber surges over 7% to touch record highs as SoftBank announces it sold $2 billion in stock
SoftBank announced that it had sold $2 billion in Uber stock at an average price of $53.46 per shar…
Will Daniel
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SoftBank's $10 billion gain on the DoorDash IPO will offset the fund's WeWork 'disaster,' says a stock analyst
"Suddenly Masa goes from losing to being hero very quickly," David Gibson of Astris Advisory Japan …
Emily Graffeo
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SoftBank CEO says he doesn't understand bitcoin, and watching the price fluctuate was 'distracting my focus on my own business'
The SoftBank CEO invested close to $200 million of his own money into bitcoin, but quickly grew tir…
Barbara Smith
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After losing billions on WeWork investments, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son says he still loves and respects ousted founder Adam Neumann
SoftBank reportedly invested over $18 billion in WeWork, the coworking startup that in 2019 ousted …
Mary Meisenzahl
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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son says he feels 'so stupid' for passing up early opportunities to invest in Tesla and Amazon
SoftBank's CEO wanted to invest $100 million for 30% of Amazon, but Bezos argued Amazon was worth $…
Mary Meisenzahl
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son racked up a $3.7 billion loss trading daily moves in tech stocks — and the risky investments are concerning the company's 2nd-biggest shareholder
The hedge fund Elliott Management advised SoftBank executives as the company rebounded from a sprin…