Since the start of 2017, SoftBank has made substantial investments in businesses ranging from ride sharing, co-working and robotics to agriculture, cancer detection and autonomous driving.

Jan 23, 2025 · This article is part of: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Donald J Trump makes a special address at Davos just three days after being inaugurated as the 47th president of the US. Trump says his administration is working to fix the 'economic chaos' and will make the US 'stronger, wealthier and more united than ever before'.

Jan 23, 2025 · Hanwha Life announced strategic partnerships with two global investment firms at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. The company signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with SBVA (formerly SoftBank Ventures Asia), a firm specializing in AI and ICT, and Celadon Partners, an investment management firm with a proven track record in trans-pacific investments.

In 1981, Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG), a global technology company that aspires to drive the Information Revolution. SBG and its portfolio companies cover a range of technologies, including advanced telecommunications, internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and clean energy.

Jan 8, 2025 · Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has met with the head of a Japanese conglomerate who recently held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump. Ishiba dined with SoftBank Group CEO Son...

Jan 30, 2025 · SoftBank is in talks to invest $15-25bn directly into OpenAI on top of its commitment of more than $15bn to Stargate, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

Since the start of 2017, SoftBank has made substantial investments in businesses ranging from ride sharing, co-working and robotics to agriculture, cancer detection and autonomous driving.

Jan 29, 2021 · NEW DELHI/DAVOS: Mass production of vehicles without a driving wheel will start in about two years and autonomous driving is going to be cheaper than the present cost of a car, Softbank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Friday.

In June 2020, SoftBank named Naheta as a Senior Vice President of Investments for SoftBank Group, becoming the CEO of SB Management, a newly formed unit of SoftBank, which manages the fund SB Northstar. [33] It was later revealed that SB Northstar was the "Nasdaq Whale" responsible for massive investments in US tech stocks in the summer of 2020 ...

Jan 30, 2025 · OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial intelligence company that has been on a yearslong money-raising frenzy, is in talks with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank for an investment up to $25 billion ...