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Planned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactors (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Anton Shilov | tags: softbank, ohio data center, nvidia rubin

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Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-11 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Autonomous Vehicle → | tags: nvidia, softbank, silicon valley

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The disappearing Form D (2018) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-04 | by Danny Crichton | get Form D → | tags: sec filings, softbank ipo, patron funding

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Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-02 | by Marina Temkin | get PayPal → | tags: softbank, paytm, ipo

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ChatGPT Has Almost 1 Billion Weekly Users, OpenAI Says (cnet.com)

2026-02-27 | by See Full Bio | get Language Model → | tags: chatgpt, openai, nvidia

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ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-27 | by Aisha Malik | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: chatgpt, openai, amazon

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OpenAI's $110B funding round (investments from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-27 | get Google → | tags: openai, amazon, nvidia

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OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-27 | by Russell Brandom | get Chatbot → | tags: amazon, openai, aws

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OpenAI snags $110 billion in investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Softbank (theverge.com)

2026-02-27 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Google → | tags: amazon, nvidia, softbank

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OpenAI resets spending expectations, from $1.4T to $600B (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-24 | by Ashley Capoot Kate Rooney | get Google → | tags: openai, nvidia, softbank

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OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030 (cnbc.com)

2026-02-20 | by Ashley Capoot Kate Rooney | get Cloud → | tags: openai, nvidia, softbank

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SoftBank’s $4.2bn OpenAI gain lifts quarterly profits as AI exposure deepens — company swings back to profitability in Q3 results (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Luke James | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: billion, fund, openai

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Intel is co-developing new Z-Angle Memory to compete with HBM used in AI data centers — vertically-stacked memory touts 2 to 3x more capacity, greater bandwidth, and half the power consumption (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Jon Martindale | get Memory → | tags: bandwidth, intel, memory

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SoftBank in Talks to Invest Up to $30B More in OpenAI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-28 | get Neural Network → | tags: invest, invest openai, openai

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SoftBank pauses $50bn AI data center operator acquisition talks — move plunges Stargate data center plans into uncertainty as regulatory roadblocks pose significant challenge (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-27 | by Luke James | get Stargate → | tags: acquisition, billion, control

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OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout (cnbc.com)

2026-01-09 | by Ashley Capoot | get Neural Network → | tags: data center, energy, openai

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Softbank has fully funded $40 billion investment in OpenAI, sources tell CNBC (cnbc.com)

2025-12-30 | by Samantha Subin | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: billion, investment, openai

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SoftBank to buy data center firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion in AI push (cnbc.com)

2025-12-30 | by Sam Meredith | get Data Center → | tags: digitalbridge, infrastructure, investment

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SoftBank to acquire DigitalBridge for $4 billion (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-29 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: acquire, acquire digital, ai softbank

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DigitalBridge shares jump as much as 50% after report SoftBank is in talks to acquire data center firm (cnbc.com)

2025-12-29 | by Sam Meredith | get Data Center → | tags: billion, bloomberg, company softbank

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SoftBank’s Son ‘was crying’ about the firm's need to sell its Nvidia stake (cnbc.com)

2025-12-02 | by Dylan Butts | get Nvidia GPU → | tags: artificial, monday, openai

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SoftBank sinks over 10% as Nvidia-fueled rout sweeps Asian chip shares (cnbc.com)

2025-11-21 | by Dylan Butts | get GPU → | tags: chip, fell, nvidia

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Dark Clouds Suddenly Gathering Over AI Industry (futurism.com)

2025-11-13 | by Victor Tangermann | get Cloud Computing → | tags: billion, despite, investors

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SoftBank’s Nvidia sale rattles market, raises questions (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-11 | by Connie Loizos | get Graphics Processing Unit → | tags: billion, disrupt, disrupt waitlist

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SoftBank announces it has sold its Nvidia shares for $5.8 billion (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-11 | get Nvidia GPU → | tags: billion, nvidia, openai

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SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83 billion (cnbc.com)

2025-11-11 | by Dylan Butts April Roach | get GPU → | tags: billion, fund, nvidia

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SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-11 | by April Roach Dylan Butts | get Graphics Processing Unit → | tags: billion, nvidia, sale

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SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83B (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-11 | by Dylan Butts April Roach | get GPU → | tags: billion, fund, nvidia

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SoftBank, OpenAI launch new joint venture in Japan as AI deals grow ever more circular (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-05 | by Ram Iyer | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: japan, joint, joint venture

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SoftBank bulks up its robotics portfolio with ABB Group’s robotics unit (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Rebecca Szkutak | get smartphone → | tags: abb, ai, group