SoftBank

SoftBank Group is preparing to list its payments unit PayPay in the United States as early as December.

SoftBank Eyes $20 Billion Valuation for PayPay in Possible U.S. IPO

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

Twenty One Capital launches with 42,000 Bitcoin and backing from Tether, SoftBank, and Bitfinex. the ultimate Bitcoin vehicle. 

Is 'Twenty One' MicroStrategy's Downfall?

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Softbank’s 300 year vision is already out of date, here’s why..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

From <a href="http://tech.eu/brief/softbank-arm/" target="_blank">Tech.eu</a>:

Japan’s SoftBank agrees to acquire British semiconductor firm ARM for €29 billion

AI startups raised over $4.1 billion this week, with watershed moments in open-source AI, legal technology, and energy infrastructure.

Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 5-11, 2025

The collaboration will focus on tokenizing Korean content IP, including K-pop royalties, K-drama rights, webtoons, games, and patents. Notable IP already regist

Seoul Exchange Will Exclusively Use Story To Settle Tokenized RWAs

Whether from ambition, arrogance, or lack of discipline, OpenAI is in trouble today.

OpenAI Is Winning the AI Race, But Losing the Business Game

How big is Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill for Elon Musk and the future of AI?

Trump's "Big Bill" and AI "License to Kill"

Despite trade tensions, US and Latin American startups continue strong cross-border growth through VC funding and accelerator partnerships.

GAN and Tec Monterrey Forge Alliance To Boost LatAm Startup Ecosystem

Unveiled ahead of TOKEN2049 Dubai, the FLOKI Minibot M1 is powered by RICE AI, Rice Robotics’ decentralized AI protocol. This small but capable robot can handle

FLOKI And Rice Robotics Launch AI Companion Robot With Token Rewards

We now find ourselves fully immersed in the age of Trump 2.0, and it’s fair to say that waters have been choppier than usual.

The Age of Volatility: Readying for the Unpredictability of Trump 2.0

Discovering the next wave of game-changing startups is one of the most exciting parts of working in VC.

These 3 Early-Stage Startups Should Be On Your Lookout in 2025

It’s early 2025, and we may already be witnessing a redefining moment for AI as we’ve come to know it in the last couple of years.

Could China’s DeepSeek Shatter the ‘More GPUs, More Power’ Theory?

In this edition of This Week in AI Engineering, we go through the latest updates along with some must-know tools to make developing AI agents and apps easier.

DeepSeek Releases Cheapest Ever LLM In The World

Neuman wasn’t failing at traditional business; he was attempting something altogether different: bridging multiple planes of consciousness in an outdated system

The Inconvenient Truth About Adam Neumann That No Tech Journalist Will Tell You

A look back at the key moments that defined AI in 2024.

Every AI Prediction That Came True in 2024—and the Ones That Didn't

Somnia is building what could be the fastest EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain.

Exclusive: Behind Somnia's Vision to Build the Dream Computer - A Breakthrough Layer 1 Blockchain

SoftBank Corp. operates as an affiliate of paypay bank corporation with 14.87% indirect stakes.

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