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Company www.softbank.jp ● Covered in 5 stories + Follow ✴ AI Graph LinkedIn

SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management in technology companies. The group operates through various business segments including mobile telecommunications (SoftBank, Y!mobile, LINEMO), fixed-line internet and telephone services, and energy services. SoftBank manages the Vision Fund, which it describes as a technology-focused venture capital fund with over $100 billion in capital, and has stated that it invests in companies across multiple industries including internet and automation sectors.

Updated 19 August 2026

Public sources: Official website Wikipedia

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Aug 2026

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Management

updated 6 Aug 2026

+ 15 more tracked

Latest developments

Fortune Tech: Offshore labor in an AI age, Flock targeted, Shein IPO Fortune · 24
Nvidia Backs $105 Billion in Financing for OpenAI's Ohio Data Center CNBC · 4 weeks ago · 24
SoftBank invests $200M in Gravis Robotics at $1B valuation to scale autonomous excavators Tech Funding News · 4 weeks ago · 22
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project TechCrunch · 1 month ago · 4
SoftBank donated $50 million to Trump’s library months before federal data center deal The Verge · 1 month ago · 7

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August 2026

Shein priced and launched its Hong Kong IPO, valuing the company at about $26 billion Deployment

Nvidia agreed to fund and help supply compute infrastructure for OpenAI’s Ohio data center via a partnership with SB Energy at the Ports-Pike campus Partnership

SoftBank invests in Gravis Robotics Funding

SoftBank invests $200 million in Swiss construction robotics startup Gravis Robotics, valuing it at about $1 billion post-money Funding

SoftBank invests in Trump Presidential Library Funding

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