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SoftBank Acquires a 2% Stake in Embattled Intel

The deal comes as the US government explores a deal to take as much as a 10% ownership stake in the Santa Clara, California, ...

Factbox-SoftBank's growing bets on AI and semiconductor assets

Below are major AI investments SoftBank has announced so far. On August 18, SoftBank announced a $2 billion equity investment ...

SoftBank Buys Foxconn’s Ohio Plant to Boost Stargate AI Push

SoftBank Group Corp. is the buyer taking ownership of Foxconn Technology Group’s electric vehicle plant in Ohio, a move aimed ...
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As Funding To AI Startups Increases And Concentrates, Which Investors Have Led?

Big Tech and venture capital firms led the way in billion-dollar rounds going to AI companies in 2025, according to ...

Americans Fear AI Permanently Displacing Workers, Poll Finds

The unemployment rate is at a low 4.2 percent as of July, but Americans are still worried most jobs will become obsolete.

Trump Pushes Putin-Zelenskiy Meeting, Softbank AI Bet, More

Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, ...

SoftBank's $500B AI Moonshot Hits Speed Bump--But Son Isn't Slowing Down

Son is also pursuing a $6.5 billion acquisition of Ampere Computing and reportedly eyeing up to $30 billion in OpenAI funding ...

SoftBank held talks with Intel on buying contract chipmaking business

SoftBank’s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son held talks with Intel’s chief executive about buying its faltering contract chipmaking business in the weeks before Monday’s announcement that the Japanese ...