SoftBank’s AI bromance Date Thursday, February 06, 2025 - 10:00 PM Description Plus, an anaemic start to the year for dealmaking in the US and talks over a $58bn Japanese carmaker deal fall apart
SoftBank’s buyback is just buying time Date Wednesday, August 07, 2024 - 6:43 AM Description Lasting reversal will depend on improvement in market conditions and successful listings of portfolio companies
SoftBank’s finance chief slams S&P Global for not upgrading group’s credit rating Image Date Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 3:12 AM Description Analysts had expected an upgrade after tech group raised $5bn in Arm listing
SoftBank’s Gen Z social media bust: was IRL the next Facebook or a fraud? Date Tuesday, January 02, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Japanese group claims it was duped, founder says he was a scapegoat and ex-employees say there were problems from the start
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and OpenAI’s Sam Altman bet on AI — and each other Date Thursday, February 06, 2025 - 10:00 PM Description The two billionaires lead talks over record deal to make Japanese investor biggest backer of ChatGPT-maker
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son piles debt on to Silicon Valley mansion Image Date Saturday, January 13, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Japanese billionaire secured $92mn loan on California estate at centre of local planning controversy
SoftBank’s real life problems in 2024 Date Monday, January 08, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Plus, a look at how activists are changing their tactics and a legal dispute involving FTI Consulting
Software AG sells data platform to IBM for €2.1bn Date Monday, December 18, 2023 - 10:15 AM Description Sale comes six months after private equity firm Silver Lake won bidding war for German software group
Software companies line up for share of generative AI spoils Date Sunday, November 05, 2023 - 10:30 PM Description Fastest growth expected in consumer market, which is forecast to generate $11bn alone in revenue by 2028
Software crash exposes tensions between security and competition Date Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 9:00 AM Description Regulators like to rein in tech giants but a European Commission requirement on Microsoft was partly responsible for the outage