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OpenAI is just one piece of the puzzle in SoftBank's grand vision for AI

With a bet on OpenAI, Masayoshi Son will add another piece to the puzzle as he looks to bring sever…

Hasan Chowdhury   


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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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One barrier to making personal assistant robots a commercial success? Price.

General-purpose robots will need to be useful enough and offered at a good price point to justify a…

Lloyd Lee   


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Robot waiters could soon replace humans in Singapore and Japan

According to the two companies, the use of robots as waiters will “allow better efficiency and p…

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Hyundai has bought robot maker Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in a $1.1 billion deal

South Korean automaker Hyundai is buying an 80% stake in Boston Dynamics for $880 million, valuing …

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Watch Larry Page playfully kick Boston Dynamics' robotic dog before Google sold the firm to Softbank in a newly-surfaced video

Kicking or pushing is standard practice for testing in the industry but has drawn complaints of "ro…

Katie Canales   


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SoftBank's founder compared himself to Jesus and Yoda. His tech fund lost a record $32 billion this year.

SoftBank was once described as a "spaceship." Economic turmoil has brought it crashing to Earth.

Hasan Chowdhury   


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Boston Dynamics' robot dogs might soon have a new owner, as SoftBank reportedly considers a sale

Boston Dynamics is best known for its robot dog, Spot, which earlier this year became available to …

Mary Meisenzahl   


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Softbank's new food service robot Servi could replace waitstaff and food runners at restaurants

Softbank is the company behind the humanoid robot Pepper and its new Servi model has already worked…

Mary Meisenzahl   


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Softbank's baseball team in Japan replaced fans with robots in the stands as the season starts without crowds

The coronavirus has put most public events, including sports and concerts, on hold around the world…

Mary Meisenzahl   


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The $500 million robot pizza startup you never heard of has shut down, report says

Zume raised hundreds of millions from the likes of Softbank, but abandoned its automated pizza ambi…

Nathan Rennolds   


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Softbank-backed delivery startup Rappi is testing out robots for contactless delivery — take a look

In addition to Colombia, Rappi operates in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. Las…

Mary Meisenzahl   


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Softbank's famous robot Pepper is helping helping enforce social distancing and greeting COVID-19 patients around the world

Japanese company Softbank is behind Pepper, the recognizable robot used in some stores and hotels a…

Mary Meisenzahl   


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SoftBank created its own robot vacuum that uses self-driving car technology and costs $500 a month

In reality, though, automation often leads to unemployment. This might be particularly attractive t…

Mary Meisenzahl   


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Watch a rare video of robots jumping and dancing inside one of America's leading robotics firms

Inside American robotics giant Boston Dynamics, robots leap and dance while engineers work on the n…

Ben Gilbert   


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Zume, the SoftBank-backed robotic pizza startup, just lost a third of its executive team amid company-wide layoffs

Meredith Whitney took over as chief financial officer for ousted Zume executive Kartik Ramachandran…

Megan Hernbroth   


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SoftBank-backed Zume just had an all-hands meeting to officially announce hundreds of layoffs and abandon its pizza-making robots

The new strategy, according to Garden, includes doubling down on compostable food packaging, which …

Megan Hernbroth   


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Leaked memo: Troubled Softbank-backed robotics startup Zume just conducted a second round of sweeping layoffs after funding falls through

The remaining division, sources told Business Insider, is the packaging division. Zume Source, as i…

Megan Hernbroth   


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How a video game wunderkind promised a robot revolution that mesmerized SoftBank but went off the rails: The inside story of Zume Pizza

What he shared with some of the most famous, and infamous, names of Silicon Valley lore, from Steve…

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