Company
SoftBank
48 published events · on the wire since February 2026
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Infrastructure AI
Malaysia's prime minister says Son selected sites for $50 billion technology investment
SoftBank Group's Masayoshi Son has selected locations in Malaysia for $50 billion in technology investments, the country's prime minister said. The planned spending would expand Son's global investment in AI infrastructure, with Malaysia chosen as a destination.
Chronological record
Every published event attached to SoftBank, newest first.
October 2026 8 events
- OpenAI reportedly accelerates funding talks for about $30bn
- OpenAI seeks approximately $30 billion in accelerated funding round
- CoreWeave bond yield tops 15% as AI debt concerns grow
- SoftBank considers Allied Universal acquisition as Son explores AI robots
- Ransomware attack on SoftBank-owned cloud operator affects almost 500 organizations
- SoftBank seeks up to $100 billion from Gulf investors for AI
- SoftBank closes DigitalBridge takeover; CEO outlines infrastructure role
- SoftBank and Nvidia complete $30B OpenAI funding pledges
September 2026 4 events
August 2026 9 events
- SoftBank reportedly seeks $10 billion loan tied to OpenAI investment debt
- OpenAI data-center chief leaves as infrastructure duties split
- AEP Ohio gets $18 million from data-center firms for bill assistance
- SoftBank invests $200 million in Gravis Robotics
- Gravis Robotics raises €172 million for autonomous heavy equipment
- Nvidia reportedly weighs investment of up to $3 billion in SB Energy
- Thrive Holdings raises $2 billion for AI deployment businesses
- SoftBank-backed OfBusiness weighs $800 million IPO, may file draft papers by November
- Zenity raises $125 million Series C led by Norwest for AI agent security
July 2026 5 events
- Nvidia (NVDA) Shares Dip Amid Reports of Massive $250B OpenAI Financing Commitment
- Nvidia in talks on about $250 billion financing guarantees for OpenAI data center, WSJ says
- Introducing OpenAI Presence
- Markets may have just experienced their second DeepSeek shock, this time thanks to a Chinese AI lab named after a Pink Floyd album
- Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C
May 2026 2 events
April 2026 8 events
- OpenAI growth concerns trigger selloff in AI infrastructure stocks
- Oracle closes $16.3 billion data centre financing, largest single-facility tech debt package ever
- SoftBank to build battery factory at former Sharp plant for AI data centres
- SoftBank and Intel's ZAM memory project wins Japanese government subsidy
- SoftBank seeks $10B margin loan against OpenAI stake
- Japanese TV Shopping Company Quadruples VC Fund to $200M After Early AI Bets Pay Off
- Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor
- Iran threatens 'complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi
March 2026 9 events
- OpenAI Closes $122 Billion Funding Round at $852 Billion Valuation, Raises $3 Billion From Retail Investors
- SoftBank secures $40 billion bridge loan to fund further OpenAI investment
- SoftBank executes $40B bridge facility agreement for OpenAI follow-on investment
- SoftBank Warns New OpenAI Commitment Could Push Its Debt Ratio Past Self-Imposed Ceiling
- Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind
- Kandou AI raises $225 million from SoftBank, Synopsys, and Maverick Silicon for AI chip development
- Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund
- DOE and SoftBank partner to build 10-gigawatt data center with dedicated power in Ohio
- OpenAI restructures Stargate with new leaders, three compute tracks