DeepSeek and Masa Son have lessons for StargateUS tech giants are in panic mode as Chinese AI lab DeepSeek's latest model surpasses OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Apple’s US App Store. President Do...
27 Jan, 2025, 04.42 PM IST
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son meets InMobi's Naveen Tewari to explore potential AI, consumer tech collabsIn 2011, the Japanese firm made a landmark investment of USD 200 million in InMobi, marking its first venture into the Indian market. Glanc...
27 Nov, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
Sunny on Apple TV+ : Release date, episode schedule and expected plot of the sci-fi series“Sunny” adapted from Colin O'Sullivan's novel "The Dark Manual," is a sci-fi series offers a compelling mix of mystery and humor sure to en...
05 Jul, 2024, 01.10 AM IST
View: Can Masa Son outshine SPAC superstar Chamath Palihapitiya?SoftBank managed to raise only $600 million last year in the US SPAC boom. Chamath Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist and social influencer...
04 Mar, 2021, 07.31 PM IST
SoftBank sheds $15 billion on US tech stock routThe fall takes SoftBank's share decline to 12% since sources told Reuters and other media late last week that the Japanese company made big...
09 Sep, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has now pledged 60% of shares as collateralThe development comes at a time when SoftBank is struggling to raise new capital for the second edition of the $100 billion Vision Fund ami...
14 Apr, 2020, 08.02 AM IST
Masa Son unveils a $41 billion asset sale to silence his criticsSon is trying to salvage his reputation as one of the world’s foremost tech investors, a name based largely on a prescient early bet on Ali...
24 Mar, 2020, 09.05 AM IST
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son had a bad 2019. Here’s what he can buy in 2020Tesla's a dreamy idea. A cult-like status among investors and customers. A megalomaniac for a leader who eschews authority. And chronic los...
31 Dec, 2019, 09.39 AM IST
Wirecard deal shows Masayoshi Son's no simple opportunistAssuming Wirecard gets past its legal issues, it looks like Masayoshi Son has once again combined good planning with fortuitous timing to c...
25 Apr, 2019, 02.43 PM IST
Billionaire Son has $7.7 billion Uber ticket to rideSon opened his checkbook very late in Uber’s life, taking a stake less than 18 months ago and in the final rounds of equity financing.
13 Apr, 2019, 11.30 AM IST
Here's how Saudi cash could bring on the VC crashGiven rising interest rates, the reality of Saudi money may be what finally deflates the startup bubble.
24 Oct, 2018, 08.36 PM IST
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son in battle royale with Jeff BezosMythical tech tsars, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, are set to renew their e-commerce hostilities in India, the last o...
11 Aug, 2017, 07.10 AM IST
SoftBank's Sama may stay off $100bn fundSVF was conceived by the Japanese group's founder Masayoshi Son last year, and is unlikely to figure Sama on its investment committee, whic...
24 May, 2017, 09.21 AM IST
Indian startups will go through a grind, but it won't be a winner-takes-all market: Nikesh Arora"It was not a fallout of an ego clash. Founders have strong personalities and it's very hard for them to give up their ways,".
27 Jun, 2016, 10.52 AM IST
Nikesh Arora a strong candidate to lead SoftBank, says CEO Masayoshi SonSoftBank Founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday that Nikesh Arora is the executive most likely to succeed him.
12 May, 2015, 01.41 AM IST
Education is over-rated, says Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar SharmaVijay Shekhar Sharma, the force behind Paytm, graduated only to make his mother happy. He learnt far more in the rough and tumble of entrep...
15 Jan, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
Past 3 months have been such a blast: Nikesh Arora, VC, SoftBankNikesh Arora, quit Google to join Masayoshi Son as vice chairman and CEO of SoftBank Internet and Media in July this year.
29 Oct, 2014, 04.25 AM IST