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The Google Midlothian Data Center in Midlothian, Texas, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Alphabet's Google plans to invest $40 billion in three new Texas data centers. (Photo: Jonathan Johnson/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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Google: Thank you Meta! But your AI capacity is in another data center!
By Andrew NuscaJune 29, 2026
SoftBank stakes in Nvidia, TSMC show Son’s focus on AI gear
Tech
SoftBank stakes in Nvidia, TSMC show Son’s focus on AI gear
By Min Jeong Lee and BloombergAugust 5, 2025
Softbank’s Son floats idea of U.S.-Japan sovereign wealth fund: FT
Finance
Softbank’s Son floats idea of U.S.-Japan sovereign wealth fund: FT
By Yi Wei Wong and BloombergMay 25, 2025
Masayoshi Son surrounded by reporters in 2004.
Magazine
AI and Trump 2.0 propel SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son back into the spotlight
By Clay ChandlerApril 1, 2025
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk gestures while speaking during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena
Tech
Elon Musk bashes Trump-backed $500 billion AI mega project
By AFPJanuary 23, 2025
President Donald Trump, Larry Ellison, Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman
Newsletters
The Stargate Project: What you need to know
By Andrew NuscaJanuary 22, 2025
Masayoshi Son (L), Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp, Larry Ellison (C), Executive Charmain Oracle and Sam Altman (R), CEO of Open AI listen to US President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on January 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.
Tech
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son will lead massive $500 billion Stargate project with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle’s Larry Ellison
By Amanda GerutJanuary 21, 2025
Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.
Tech
Marc Benioff says Elon Musk’s close relationship with Donald Trump is a ‘great vision’ for America
By The Associated PressDecember 18, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
AI
Microsoft and OpenAI are haggling over the tech giant’s stake in the startup
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 18, 2024
How Softbank’s Masayoshi Son charmed a veteran Morgan Stanley banker with a $5000 bottle of wine
Finance
How Softbank’s Masayoshi Son charmed a veteran Morgan Stanley banker with a $5000 bottle of wine
By Alok SamaSeptember 17, 2024
SoftBank’s billionaire CEO says he was put on Earth to create artificial superintelligence that’s 10,000 times smarter than a human—’I am super serious about it’
Tech
SoftBank’s billionaire CEO says he was put on Earth to create artificial superintelligence that’s 10,000 times smarter than a human—’I am super serious about it’
By Will DanielJune 27, 2024
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the SoftBank World 2023 on October 04, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
Tech
Imagine selling your Nvidia stake, now worth $160 billion, 5 years ago: One tech investor rues the deal of a lifetime slipping through his fingers as ‘the fish that got away’
By Christiaan HetznerJune 21, 2024
SoftBank has sold off or written down $29 billion in U.S. Vision Fund assets as Masayoshi Son tries to get his mojo back by turning to AI and chips
Tech
SoftBank has sold off or written down $29 billion in U.S. Vision Fund assets as Masayoshi Son tries to get his mojo back by turning to AI and chips
By Min Jeong Lee and BloombergMay 10, 2024
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the SoftBank World 2023 on October 04, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
Newsletters
Arm lifts SoftBank—with AI’s helping hand
By David MeyerFebruary 8, 2024
Masayoshi Son
Tech
Beyond WeWork: How A Japanese billionaire VC took $60 billion from the Saudi, Abu Dhabi wealth funds and inflated unicorns worldwide
By Min Jeong Lee and BloombergNovember 7, 2023
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