SoftBank

3 entries between September 2020 and February 2026.

Every entry

  1. OpenAI announces a $110 billion funding round

    OpenAI announced a $110 billion private funding round on 27 February 2026 at a $730 billion pre-money valuation, with $50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from Nvidia and $30 billion from SoftBank. It reported more than 900 million weekly ChatGPT users.

  2. OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle unveil the Stargate venture

    At a White House event on 21 January 2025, Sam Altman, Masayoshi Son, and Larry Ellison announced Stargate, a joint venture to invest up to $500 billion in American AI data centers through 2029, $100 billion of it at once. The first site broke ground in Abilene, Texas.

  3. Nvidia agrees to buy Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion

    Nvidia and SoftBank Group announced on 13 September 2020 a definitive agreement for Nvidia to buy the chip designer Arm for about $40 billion in cash and stock. Nvidia said it would keep Arm’s licensing model and build a research center in Cambridge, England.