The investment giant poured unprecedented billions in Latin America, but executives say they are now taking a more conservative approach.

After shaking up LatAm startup scene, SoftBank bets on AI in region seen as laggard | Semafor

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Jensen Huang Once Turned Down SoftBank Offer to Fund Nvidia Buyout - Business Insider

NVIDIA today announced that Japan cloud leaders SoftBank Corp., GMO Internet Group, Highreso, KDDI, Rutilea and SAKURA internet are building AI infrastructure with NVIDIA accelerated computing, networking and software to accelerate transformation across the nation’s robotics, automotive, ...

Japan Cloud Leaders Build NVIDIA AI Infrastructure to Transform Industries for the Age of AI | NVIDIA Newsroom

The collaboration comes amid skyrocketing demand for Nvidia chips, as companies scramble to secure supplies.

SoftBank Is Nvidia's First Blackwell Chips Customer - Business Insider

SoftBank is currently developing a large language model (LLM) as the basis for generative AI, according to the report

SoftBank invests to boost computing power for generative AI

SoftBank is taking steps to build a new AI language model. This is great news for NVDA stock investors, as Nvidia will have a new customer.

SoftBank Is Betting Big on Nvidia (NVDA) Stock | InvestorPlace

SoftBank will invest $960 million by 2025 to bolster its computing facilities in preparation for its own generative intelligence model.

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

It seems that the U.S. ban on AI chips was bypassed by Chinese entities, including universities and research institutes, according to Reuters. A Reuters review of t...

Chinese Entities Access Nvidia Chips, While SoftBank Boosts Investment in AI - TipRanks.com

Junior WeWork creditors allege SoftBank and other investors used pre-bankruptcy debt restructuring in 2023 to “mitigate their losses.&quot;

WeWork Junior Creditors Ask Bankruptcy Court To Sue SoftBank

SoftBank

Softbank's ARM IPO, Toyota plants shutdown for a weird reason & a conversation about Indian venture capital.

Could It Be Worth Investing in Softbank’s ARM IPO and Other Tech News of the Week

SoftBank's results have improved dramatically, with a total net profit of about $29.9 billion between April and September 2020 (up 371 percent year-over-year)

The Future of SoftBank: The Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs

The story of Silicon Valley is one of regular cycles. A company is founded, scales rapidly, it’s employees start their own companies, and the cycle repeats.

SoftBank is Stifling Entrepreneurship

At the end of the year, two very important events took place in the crypto world. Many media mentioned them in passing, although the events are really significant.

Banks, institutional investors, and Cryptocurrencies in 2020

2019 was a rough year for the co-working space company WeWork. At the beginning of the year it was valued at a whopping 47 billion dollars, making it the fourth highest valued startup in the world and at the end it was valued at less than 8 billion dollars by its biggest investor.

4 Business Lessons From the Failure of Wework - The 47 Billion Dollar ‘Tech’ Company

BloXroute secures $70 million in funding in build blockchain distribution network. 

BloXroute Closes $70 million Series B Funding Round Headed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 

Masayoshi Son, the charismatic leader of Softbank the $100bn venture fund and his 300 year vision of the future has been making headlines but for me it misses a fundamental paradigm shift happening in the Internet today. A change that could render many of his investments vulnerable. In short, the most transformational technology of tomorrow, from data collection to AI, will be increasingly open source, tokenised and highly decentralised.

Softbank’s 300 year vision is already out of date, here’s why..

At this point I’m sure you’ve heard of the $100B Softbank Vision Fund that’s been making headlines around the world. With all this news traditional VCs now feel the need to keep up so they don’t get “left behind.” While this may seem like simply a PR/branding problem, it has fundamentally changed the industry with far-reaching implications. While some of the headlines below may seem ridiculous, it’s time to see what happens when the disruptors get disrupted. This change isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

SoftBank disrupts Venture Capital

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