SoftBank

SoftBank’s Q1 profit falls 18%, beats expectations with chip boost

2026-08-06T07:20:06.000Z
The focus is on how it will fund its ongoing investment in the ChatGPT maker and the impact of rising leverage on its balance sheet.

SoftBank's OpenAI funding plans to face reckoning at Q1 earnings

2026-08-04T07:02:52.000Z
Masayoshi Son says that he’s now eager to help accelerate AI proliferation and make SoftBank into the world’s preeminent AI-powered robotics company.

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son scraps plan to retire in his sixties

2026-06-24T04:01:23.000Z
Sources say that Carro is also considering a second listing in Singapore.

Singapore-based car marketplace Carro said to be exploring US IPO

2026-06-23T11:12:16.000Z
“In the battle for AI, the next few years will be far more important than what might happen a decade or so from now,” SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son said.

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s idea for orbital data centres

2026-06-23T06:19:44.000Z
Shares of Softbank climb 14% in Tokyo trading on Monday (Jun 1), pushing its market capitalisation past Toyota’s for the first time in 20 years.

SoftBank Group overtakes Toyota as Japan’s most valuable company

2026-06-01T09:43:15.000Z
If the gains hold through the market close, SoftBank will surpass Toyota in market value for the first time in more than two decades.

SoftBank set to become Japan’s most valuable company

2026-06-01T06:54:09.000Z
The move highlights SoftBank founder Masayoshi  Son’s growing ambitions to secure data centre bases in major locations across the globe.

SoftBank plans up to 75 billion euro investment in French AI centres

2026-05-31T08:55:46.000Z
SoftBank’s swift return to the retail bond market comes amid its growing funding needs for artificial intelligence-related investments.

SoftBank taps retail investors with US$1.6 billion yen bond deal

2026-05-25T07:50:47.000Z
The January-March quarter was SoftBank’s fifth consecutive quarterly profit.

SoftBank books 1.83 trillion yen profit on OpenAI stake gains

2026-05-13T07:58:06.000Z