Source: SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, and might borrow another $8B in early 2026, which could strain its already debt-heavy balance sheet
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/o... … Casey / @ig.ht : who on earth would loan this money knowing softbank is investing it in what seems to be the least profitable sector in existence [embedded post] Ed Zitr...
Sources: OpenAI is in early talks to raise up to $40B at a $340B valuation; the startup was last valued at $157B in October, when it raised $6.6B
I'm old enough to remember when $6.6B was an unheard of amount of money for a startup to be raising. Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : I LOVE Masayoshi Son. The entire generative AI market is pote...
A look at The Stargate Project: unanswered questions, PR wins, SoftBank only has ~$30B cash, many projects are old news, and Elon Musk trolled the announcement
$500B in CapEx for AI in the US feels like a good thing for US security and for AI's continued progress in capabilities. Google's entire capex in 2024 was $50B. This is a hard amount of money to actua...
Masayoshi Son was subdued on SoftBank's earnings call as he runs out of options to restore investor confidence; public companies in the Vision Fund are down 62%
Financial Times : Tweets: @yoda , @annasophiegross , @tariqpanja , and @muradahmed Tweets: @yoda : Me when it's time to make a decision about dinner. https://twitter.com/... Anna Gross / @annasophieg...
A look at the divergent investment strategies of SoftBank and Tiger Global, the largest funders of startups in 2021, amid growing competition between the firms
Nylas CEO Gleb Polyakov had been following the Silicon Valley playbook for raising money: meet with firms; deal with associates … Tweets: @sarthakgh , @bizcarson , @apompliano , @bizcarson , @kateclar...
Sources: unusually large purchases of call options by SoftBank over the past month partly fueled the latest tech stock rally
Hello and welcome to Pipeline. I hope this kicks off a great three-day weekend for you. Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch : Stocks are selling off again, and SaaS shares are taking the biggest lumps Tara Lac...
Interviews shed light on the strained relationship between Masayoshi Son and Vision Fund leader Rajeev Misra, who some say has created a divisive workplace
Son's support tested after $18 billion in writedowns, clashes with internal rivals — In early March, before the coronavirus pandemic triggered … Tweets: @economictimes , @andresbarreto , @bradstone ...
Sources: Rakuten, which owns a 13% stake in Lyft, made the investment in 2015 after data from its consumer purchase tracker Slice showed Lyft was undervalued
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @r0unak , @jonorcutt , @mdudas , @mattrosoff , @ranimolla , and @joshelman Tweets: Rounak Jain / @r0unak : Rakuten invested in Lyft after they found the company was underval...
SoftBank's Vision Fund has already committed $65B; Masayoshi Son says that he plans to raise a new $100B fund every two or three years and spend ~$50B per year
Masayoshi Son http://www.bloomberg.com/... Sarah G McBride / @mcbridesg : Ask SoftBank billionaire Masa re his $117mn house and he will parry w/ his Uniqlo attire. W @Selina_y_wang @pelstrom http://ww...
Sources detail how tech magnate Masayoshi Son invests in companies, often acting quickly and detached from fund's investor committee and Softbank's directors
SoftBank is on a shopping spree, investing billions in firms such as Uber and WeWork, both directly and through an affiliated tech fund Tweets: @davecbenoit , @kushkatakia , @zerohedge , @krisnair , @...