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SoftBank and Intel form Saimemory, a new company to develop stacked DRAM memory chips for AI that consume ~50% of the power of current HBM in the next two years (Nikkei Asia)

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SoftBank and OpenAI’s $100B Stargate investment hits snags on tariff fears; talks with dozens of lenders started earlier in 2025 have yielded no deals (Bloomberg)

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BUSINESS

SoftBank to raise $4.1 billion in retail bond issuance

By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese technology investment group SoftBank Group plans to raise 600 billion yen ($4.10 billion)…

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SoftBank Expands AI Portfolio with $6.5B Acquisition of Chip Startup Ampere

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group. Image: SoftBank YouTube SoftBank has announced plans to acquire the…

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SoftBank buys chipmaker Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion, deepening AI bet

By Stephen Nellis and Anton Bridge SANTA CLARA, California/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is accelerating its move into…

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SoftBank plans to buy a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Osaka for ~$676M, sources say to turn it into a data center for jointly developing AI agents with OpenAI (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

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SoftBank plans to buy a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Osaka for ~$676M and convert it into a data center for jointly developing AI agents with OpenAI (Nikkei Asia)

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SoftBank in talks to borrow $16 billion to fund AI, The Information reports

(Reuters) – SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son plans to borrow $16 billion to invest in AI, the company’s executives told…

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SoftBank Nears Deal to Acquire Chip Designer Ampere

(Bloomberg) — SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire Ampere Computing LLC, people familiar with the matter said.…

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OpenAI, SoftBank each commit $19 billion to Stargate AI data center, the Information reports

(Reuters) -OpenAI and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank will each commit $19 billion to fund Stargate, a joint venture to develop data…

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