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Artificial intelligence

Self Driving Startup Wayve Gets $1B Investment

SoftBank leads over $1B investment in UK-based self-driving startup Wayve, propelling UK AI advancements. [ more ]

PYMNTS.com

Artificial intelligence

SoftBank Plans to Commit $9 Billion to AI Projects

Japan's SoftBank plans to invest $9 billion in AI, highlighting a significant focus on AI development and competition in the tech industry. [ more ]

Medium

Artificial intelligence

Self Driving Startup Wayve Gets $1B Investment

SoftBank leads over $1B investment in UK-based self-driving startup Wayve, propelling UK AI advancements. [ more ]

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Self Driving Startup Wayve Gets $1B Investment

SoftBank leads $1B investment in UK's Wayve, Europe's largest AI funding; advances self-driving tech with embodied AI, reducing costs and enhancing deployment speed. [ more ]

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Theregister

Business

Once Alibaba's main investor, SoftBank sheds remaining stake

SoftBank sells its stake in Alibaba, shifting focus to AI-centric investments and emerging technologies such as Arm's AI chips. [ more ]

Business Insider

Artificial intelligence

Masayoshi Son made $72 billion betting on Jack Ma's Alibaba. Now he wants to do it again with AI.

Masayoshi Son is betting on the success of AI after unwinding his stake in Alibaba.

SoftBank is focusing on chip designer Arm and the Vision Funds for AI success. [ more ]

Theregister

Business

Once Alibaba's main investor, SoftBank sheds remaining stake

SoftBank sells its stake in Alibaba, shifting focus to AI-centric investments and emerging technologies such as Arm's AI chips. [ more ]

Business Insider

Artificial intelligence

Masayoshi Son made $72 billion betting on Jack Ma's Alibaba. Now he wants to do it again with AI.

Masayoshi Son is betting on the success of AI after unwinding his stake in Alibaba.

SoftBank is focusing on chip designer Arm and the Vision Funds for AI success. [ more ]

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TNW | Deep-Tech

Artificial intelligence

Semiconductor giant Arm to launch AI chips next year, report says

Arm, a major player in the chip market, is expanding into AI chip development to align with SoftBank's AI ambitions. [ more ]

ReadWrite

Artificial intelligence

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son wants to raise $100bn for a fresh AI chip venture

Masayoshi Son is fundraising $100 billion for a new AI chip venture with a focus on competing with Nvidia.

Softbank's collaboration with Arm aims to capitalize on the growing AI chip market and fresh competition in AI processing approaches. [ more ]

TNW | Deep-Tech

Artificial intelligence

Semiconductor giant Arm to launch AI chips next year, report says

Arm, a major player in the chip market, is expanding into AI chip development to align with SoftBank's AI ambitions. [ more ]

ReadWrite

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Artificial intelligence

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son wants to raise $100bn for a fresh AI chip venture

Masayoshi Son is fundraising $100 billion for a new AI chip venture with a focus on competing with Nvidia.

Softbank's collaboration with Arm aims to capitalize on the growing AI chip market and fresh competition in AI processing approaches. [ more ]

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2 months ago

Artificial intelligence

SoftBank will reportedly invest nearly $1 billion in AI push, tapping Nvidia's chips

SoftBank investing $960 million in developing a Japanese-language-specific generative artificial intelligence model with Nvidia's GPUs. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build a new AI chip venture | TechCrunch

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is seeking $100 billion to compete in AI chip industry.

OpenAI is also raising funds for a new AI chip project. [ more ]

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Artificial intelligence

Arm shares soar almost 50% as AI demand boosts revenues

SoftBank-backed UK chip designer beats Wall Street expectations in latest earnings report [ more ]

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence

Arm's gains are SoftBank's gains | TechCrunch

SoftBank's investment in Arm has helped turn around its fortunes.

Arm's strong performance driven by AI boom has led to a significant increase in its stock price and SoftBank's market cap. [ more ]

Artificial intelligence

Arm shares soar almost 50% as AI demand boosts revenues

SoftBank-backed UK chip designer beats Wall Street expectations in latest earnings report [ more ]

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence

Arm's gains are SoftBank's gains | TechCrunch

SoftBank's investment in Arm has helped turn around its fortunes.

Arm's strong performance driven by AI boom has led to a significant increase in its stock price and SoftBank's market cap. [ more ]

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TechCrunch

5 months ago

Startup companies

Business travel management platform TravelPerk raises $105M | TechCrunch

TravelPerk has raised $105 million in a funding round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2.

The funding gives TravelPerk a valuation of $1.4 billion, which remains unchanged from its valuation two years ago. [ more ]

TechCrunch

11 hours ago

European startups

Backed by Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank, DTCP raises $450 million for its growth and early stage funds | TechCrunch

DTCP completed funding for growth and early-stage funds, aiming to invest $450 million primarily in enterprise and mobility startups. [ more ]

Entrepreneur

4 days ago

Artificial intelligence

SoftBank CEO: AI 10x Smarter Than Humans Will Be Here Soon | Entrepreneur

SoftBank CEO predicts development of artificial superintelligence (ASI) in the near future. [ more ]

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Fast Company

Artificial intelligence

These companies want to use AI to make call center jobs less horrible

AI technology can alter customers' voices to protect call center workers' mental health by reducing anger, with potential benefits for businesses and employees. [ more ]

Ars Technica

Artificial intelligence

Softbank unveils plans to cancel out angry customer emotions using AI

SoftBank is developing 'emotion-canceling' AI technology to alter the voices of angry customers to sound calmer during customer service calls. [ more ]

Fast Company

Artificial intelligence

These companies want to use AI to make call center jobs less horrible

AI technology can alter customers' voices to protect call center workers' mental health by reducing anger, with potential benefits for businesses and employees. [ more ]

Ars Technica

Artificial intelligence

Softbank unveils plans to cancel out angry customer emotions using AI

SoftBank is developing 'emotion-canceling' AI technology to alter the voices of angry customers to sound calmer during customer service calls. [ more ]

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