SoftBank Group Corp

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SoftBank Group Corp. operates as a holding company which engages in the management of its group companies. It operates through the following segments: SoftBank Vision Fund, SoftBank, Arm, Brightstar, and Others. The SoftBank Vision Fund segment engages in the investment business. The SoftBank segment provides mobile communication, broadband, and telecom services in Japan. The Arm segment designs microprocessors and develops software technologies. The Brightstar segment engages in the distribution of mobile devices overseas. The Others segment includes the smartphone payments business, alternative investment business, fund business in Latin America and the operation of baseball teams. The company was founded by Masayoshi Son on September 3, 1981 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

After announcing a strategic partnership with SoftBank in April, Perplexity — the AI search engine that has ambitions to take on Google — is now using the deal to expand its user base, and data touchpoints, in SoftBank's home market. SoftBank and two of its mobile operations, Y!mobile (SoftBank's mobile phone operator) and LINEMO (SoftBank's affordable mobile network carrier), plan to offer free, one-year subscriptions to Perplexity's premium tier, Perplexity Pro, starting June 19.

SoftBank ties up with Perplexity

SoftBank-backed Brazilian online lender Inter & Co is hoping to replicate its home market success in the United States, where it is targeting visitors from Latin America's largest country in two of Florida's biggest cities, the firm's chief executive said.

SoftBank-backed online bank Inter bets on Brazilians in Florida

Shares of the Japanese holding company are trading sharply higher on news that activist investment firm Elliott Management has acquired a position.

SoftBank Shares Spike as Activist Elliott Take Stake

U.S. investment firm Elliott has a $2 billion position in SoftBank and is pushing the Japanese conglomerate to initiate a $15 billion share buyback program. It is the second time that Elliott has built a position in the company, and comes as SoftBank is enjoying success with its majority-owned chip design firm Arm.

Elliott builds $2 billion position in SoftBank, pushes for buyback

SoftBank Group shares rose as much as 6.3% on Wednesday following a Financial Times report that Elliott Management has rebuilt a significant stake and was pushing for share buybacks worth $15 billion. SoftBank shares hit a high of 9,572 Japanese yen on Wednesday, 6.32% higher than its Tuesday closing price of 9,003 yen, according to LSEG.

SoftBank shares jump up to 6.3% on report that Elliott Management's pushing for $15 billion in buybacks

Elliott Management has rebuilt a stake worth over $2 billion in SoftBank Group and is pushing the Japanese tech conglomerate to launch a $15 billion share buyback, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

Elliott rebuilds stake in SoftBank and pushes for $15 bln buyback, FT reports

Japan's SoftBank is reportedly planning to invest nearly $9 billion in artificial intelligence (AI). The tech company's outlay for investments and commitments has more than doubled to $8.9 billion in the 12 months since its CEO said the company was ready to go on the “counteroffensive,” the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (May 26).

SoftBank Plans to Commit $9 Billion to AI Projects

One of the UK's leading semiconductor manufacturers has hinted that it could be nearing a deal with Softbank after it began restructuring its balance sheet. SoftBank, the Japanese tech investor, is said to be interested in buying Bristol-based Graphcore, with reports earlier this month indicating that discussions between the two were underway.

Graphcore deal with SoftBank edges closer as it preps finances

Nu Holdings

In a noteworthy display of confidence in Nu Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NU), both SoftBank Group and the Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund made strategic moves in the first quarter of 2024. While SoftBank Group increased its equity stake in Nu Holdings from 22.0 million shares to 23.

Saudi sovereign fund and SoftBank driving Nu Holdings to new heights

Dealing with irate customers can be extremely stressful for call centre workers but Japan's SoftBank Corp thinks it has a solution: artificial intelligence-enabled software that softens the tone of customers' voices.

SoftBank Corp aims to help call centre workers by 'softening' angry customer calls with AI

Alibaba

SoftBank says it has almost entirely pulled out of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA). Shares of the Chinese tech titan are still up some 4.0% on Monday.

SoftBank has almost fully pulled out of Alibaba stock

SoftBank Group Corp. (OTCPK:SFTBY) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 13, 2024 3:30 AM ET Company Participants Yoshimitsu Goto - Board Director & CFO Navneet Govil - SB Investment Advisers, SB Global Advisers, CFO Jason Child - EVP and CFO, Arm Conference Call Participants Operator Unidentified Company Representative Thank you very much for waiting everyone. Now we would like to start the SoftBank Group Corp earnings results announcement for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

SoftBank Group Corp. (SFTBY) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Japanese technology investor Softbank Group believes it has an advantage over smaller rivals because it can leverage its entire $183.6 billion portfolio to help it build an ecosystem of firms that can employ artificial intelligence, a top executive said on Monday.

SoftBank's $184 billion portfolio key to beating AI rivals, says Vision Fund CFO

Japanese investment conglomerate and owner of British semiconductor giant Arm Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:ARM) posted its second sequential quarterly profit, but remained a loss-maker on a yearly basis. Accounting policies mean SoftBank's profit and loss account did not see the benefit of the supersized Arm initial public offering conducted in the period.

Arm owner SoftBank posts quarterly profit but Vision Fund losses mount

The Japanese investment company said its net asset value nearly doubled thanks to the rising share price of its U.K. chip-design unit, Arm.

SoftBank Commits $5 Billion to AI After Three Years of Losses

SoftBank posted a 7.24 billion Japanese yen ($4.6 billion) gain on its Vision Fund in the fiscal year ended March.

SoftBank Vision Fund posts first annual gain in 3 years, up $4.6 billion

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group swung to a quarterly profit on Monday, reporting a net profit of 328.9 billion yen ($2.11 billion) for the January-March period.

SoftBank swings to Q4 profit of $2.1 bln

ARM Holdings PLC

The U.K.-based chip designer, in which SoftBank has a 90% stake, will set up an AI chip unit to build a prototype by spring 2025, according to the report.

SoftBank's Arm to reportedly launch AI chips by 2025 to capture explosive demand

Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is expected to slip back into the red when it reports earnings on Monday despite technology stocks including Arm Holdings , , its core asset, performing well over the quarter.

SoftBank seen returning to loss in Q4 despite tech stock strength

SoftBank CEO Junichi Miyakawa said on Thursday that the Japanese telecommunications firm is in talks with South Korea's Naver over control of LY Corp , which operates the popular messaging app Line.

SoftBank in talks with Naver over control of Line operator LY

Softbank is circling Graphcore, the troubled British semiconductor startup which once reached a valuation of £2.3 billion.  A sales process for the microchip firm was launched back in February after it struggled to find a sustainable route into the AI industry.

Softbank closes in on troubled UK semiconductor manfuacturer

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A UK-based firm, Wayve, specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for self-driving cars, has raised a groundbreaking $1.05 billion (£840 million) in what marks the largest investment in a European AI company to date.

SoftBank, Microsoft, Nvidia just invested a record $1 billion in UK-based AI firm Wayve, but why?

Japan's SoftBank Group is in talks to buy artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker Graphcore, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

SoftBank in talks to buy AI chipmaker Graphcore, Bloomberg reports

British self-driving car technology startup Wayve on Tuesday said it had raised $1.05 billion in an investment led by Japan's SoftBank.

Self-driving startup Wayve just raised $1 billion from Nvidia, SoftBank, Microsoft and more

British autonomous driving startup Wayve has attracted more than $1 billion in funding from some of the largest global names in technology, including Nvidia, Microsoft and SoftBank. The investment is earmarked to support Wayve's efforts to launch ‘embodied AI' products for production vehicles and to expand its operations globally.

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