Industry AI SoftBank seems ready to invest (more) billions in OpenAI The Japanese conglomerate could become OpenAI's largest investor By Alfonso Maruccia, February 1, 2025, 7:42 AM
AI News Around the Web Softbank is developing an AI for phone calls that will make you sound less angry if you yell at customer service Plans to deploy the pitch-changing tool in 2025 By Daniel Sims, June 13, 2024, 9:06 AM
Industry Tech Culture WeWork, the office-sharing giant valued at $47 billion in 2019, files for bankruptcy Working from home helped kill WeWork By Rob Thubron, November 7, 2023, 6:55 AM
AI Industry SoftBank CEO says artificial general intelligence (AGI) will be here in 10 years Do you want to be a goldfish or invest in the upcoming AGI revolution? By Alfonso Maruccia, October 5, 2023, 7:37 AM
AI Tech Culture OpenAI collaborates with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive on consumer AI product Building the "iPhone of artificial intelligence" By Rob Thubron, September 28, 2023, 9:14 AM
Industry Hardware Arm is raising nearly $5 billion in this year's biggest IPO The company is now valued at over $50 billion By Kishalaya Kundu, September 14, 2023, 7:07 AM
Hardware Industry Looking deeper into Arm's IPO prospects: First and second impressions The search for more money By Jonathan Goldberg, August 27, 2023, 7:12 AM
Industry Hardware Tech giants Amazon, Apple, and Samsung could be major investors in Arm's IPO Arm is expected to go public this year with a blockbuster IPO that could value the company at $60 billion By Kishalaya Kundu, August 14, 2023, 7:37 AM
Industry WeWork warns of "substantial doubt" over future of the company; shares plunge 25% The coworking office space giant is in trouble By Rob Thubron, August 9, 2023, 6:55 AM
Industry Hardware Legal battle with Chinese unit holds up Arm IPO plans A series of legal challenges dating back to 2020 By Daniel Sims, February 14, 2022, 7:06 PM 8 comments
Industry Hyundai is reportedly interested in buying Boston Dynamics from SoftBank Boston Dynamics could soon change hands, again By Shawn Knight, November 10, 2020, 3:08 PM
Industry Hardware It's official: Nvidia is acquiring Arm Nvidia will use Arm to prepare for the age of AI By Eric Hamilton, September 13, 2020, 11:32 PM 23 comments
Industry SoftBank reportedly closing a $40 billion sale of ARM to Nvidia – now confirmed The complexion of the semiconductor landscape is about to change By Eric Hamilton, September 13, 2020, 1:11 AM 26 comments
Industry TSMC and Foxconn reportedly considering Arm purchase But Nvidia remains favorite By Rob Thubron, August 6, 2020, 5:16 AM 9 comments
Hardware Industry Arm co-founder says Nvidia acquisition would be a disaster Nvidia, Samsung, the UK government, who will take Arm by the hand? By Rob Thubron, August 5, 2020, 6:17 AM 7 comments
Industry Nvidia could buy ARM from Softbank (update) A deal would have huge repercussions for the tech industry By Rob Thubron, July 31, 2020, 4:00 PM 25 comments
Industry Hardware ARM licensing fee increase could drive some customers to competitors SoftBank has some tough decisions to make By Shawn Knight, July 15, 2020, 1:22 PM 20 comments
Industry Apple Apple allies with Intel in antitrust case against SoftBank-owned Fortress Apple has a bone to pick with Fortress Investment Group By Eric Hamilton, November 24, 2019, 10:34 AM 7 comments
Industry SoftBank posts $6.5 billion loss on WeWork, Uber and other bets WeWork took the major portion of the pie losing $4.6 billion By Cal Jeffrey, November 6, 2019, 12:43 PM
Industry Nvidia shares lose half their value, Softbank looks to sell up Nvidia isn't having a festive holiday season By Rob Thubron, December 13, 2018, 5:28 AM 35 comments
Tech Culture Industry Pizza-making robot business Zume is talking with SoftBank for up to $750 million in funding That could buy a lot of pizzas... made by robots By Greg Synek, August 10, 2018, 8:16 AM
Industry SoftBank buys major stake in Uber at a big discount The deal values Uber at $48 billion, far less than its most recent valuation By Shawn Knight, December 28, 2017, 4:17 PM
The Web Electronics Boston Dynamics' latest robotic dog is almost cute SoftBank scooped up the robot maker last year By Shawn Knight, November 13, 2017, 7:40 PM
Mobile Industry Sprint is reportedly pulling out of T-Mobile merger talks Another twist in the on-again, off-again relationship By Shawn Knight, October 30, 2017, 4:48 PM
Industry Mobile T-Mobile and Sprint merger still in the works Would regulators cooperate? By Shawn Knight, September 19, 2017, 3:30 PM