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SoftBank Reportedly Eyeing $1.5 Billion OpenAI Stock Purchase
SoftBank Reportedly Eyeing $1.5 Billion OpenAI Stock Purchase
November 27, 2024  |  Investments

SoftBank reportedly wants to purchase $1.5 billion in OpenAI stock. It’s part of an effort by SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son to strengthen the company’s stake in OpenAI...

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OpenAI Reportedly Slated for $500 Million SoftBank Investment
OpenAI Reportedly Slated for $500 Million SoftBank Investment
September 30, 2024  |  Investments

Japan’s SoftBank is reportedly planning to invest in OpenAI’s multi-billion dollar funding round. The $500 million investment would come from the bank’s Vision Fund, The...

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AI Surge Drives Tech Industry Growth for Micron, Alibaba and Perplexity
AI Surge Drives Tech Industry Growth for Micron, Alibaba and Perplexity
June 27, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom is reshaping the tech landscape, with industry giants and startups reporting significant gains and attracting major investments. Memory chip maker...

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SoftBank’s Vision Fund Suffers Amid Tech Stock Slide
SoftBank’s Vision Fund Suffers Amid Tech Stock Slide
May 10, 2022  |  Investments

SoftBank’s Vision Fund, a $100 billion pool of money designed to fund tech startups, is suffering from the market’s tech selloff, the Wall Street Journal...

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SoftBank Vision Fund Moves Toward $450 Million Investment In Swiggy
SoftBank Vision Fund Moves Toward $450 Million Investment In Swiggy
April 15, 2021  |  Investments

The SoftBank Vision Fund is preparing to invest $450 million in Indian food delivery startup Swiggy, Indian publication The Economic Times reported, after a few...

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What’s Behind SoftBank’s Tech Investment Moves?
What’s Behind SoftBank’s Tech Investment Moves?
May 03, 2019  |  Investments

It’s usually folly to predict what will interest historians in the future. But there’s a good case that when it comes to chronicles of the...

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Grab Raises $4.5 Billion Led By Softbank’s Vision Fund
Grab Raises $4.5 Billion Led By Softbank’s Vision Fund
March 06, 2019  |  Investments

Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup, has raised more than $4.5 billion in a round of funding led by SoftBank‘s Vision Fund. According to a...

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SoftBank Backs Indonesia eCommerce Co
SoftBank Backs Indonesia eCommerce Co
December 13, 2018  |  Investments

SoftBank’s Vision Fund teamed up with Alibaba to lead a $1.1 billion funding round for Indonesian eCommerce site Tokopedia, according to a report by the...

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Flipkart Lands $2.5 Billion In Funding From SoftBank
Flipkart Lands $2.5 Billion In Funding From SoftBank
August 11, 2017  |  Investments

SoftBank, the technology investment firm, has invested $2.5 billion in a funding round for Flipkart, the India eCommerce shopping company, marking the largest private investment...

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