SoftBank may soon own up to 50 percent of WeWork, a well-funded provider of co-working spaces headquartered in New York, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. SoftBank is reportedly weighing an investment between $15 billion and $20 billion, which would come from its $92 billion Vision Fund, a super-sized venture fund […]
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Will MBS’s money ever become radioactive?
Connie Loizos Contributor More posts by this contributor Divvy, an interesting new fractional home ownership startup, just raised a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz Forerunner Ventures just closed a $360 million fund, tripling the size of its last effort Yesterday, a Saudi news outlet broke the news that such Silicon Valley big wheels […]
Softbank is buying robotics firms Boston Dynamics and Schaft from Alphabet
Heres a surprise turn of events: Softbank maker of the friendly Pepper robot and a major M&A player in the tech world has just announced that it is acquiring two more robotics companies from Google owner Alphabet as part of its own deeper move into the field: it is buying Big Dog developer Boston Dynamics […]
SoftBank, let boston dynamics be boston dynamics
Hey Softbank, First of all, congratulations. Youre about to purchase some of the coolest toys in the history of human civilization. Seriously, its like Christmas in early June for you all. Im sure you cant wait to take one of those big, hulking robots for a spin and make all of your neighbors jealous. I […]