SoftBank is shifting focus to AI and semiconductors, while its Vision Fund is selling stakes or writing down billions of dollars worth of i...

In recent weeks, representatives of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund have discussed a potential partnership with Andreessen Horowitz, ...

Son overrode his lieutenants’ objections and handed WeWork founder Adam Neumann billions of dollars from both SoftBank Group Corp. and the ...

Founded in 2015, the company was one of many attempting to use robots to make pizza. The concept never took off, and the technology was pla...

Robot food service was a trend even before the coronavirus pandemic.

While the departures are unlikely to have an impact on either company, they mark the end of an era.

Before the pandemic, robot-prepared food companies were a hit with investors, but ambitious sales goals didn’t materialize.

Like rival Tencent Holdings Ltd, ByteDance’s social media channels have seen usage spike after the Covid-19 pandemic confined millions of p...

Oyo risks turning into another problem startup for SoftBank and Son, still reeling from WeWork's meltdown.

The Vision Fund is recovering from a series of stumbles. WeWork’s plan to go public last year imploded, forcing SoftBank to arrange a rescu...

Son, who often goes by the nickname Masa, controls more than a quarter of SoftBank stock through various vehicles, and the company bylaws r...

The pizza-making robot is really good at making the easiest part of the pizza. But a system need not be artificially intelligent to be effi...

SoftBank-backed Oyo plans to shed another 1,200 in India over the next three to four months, sources said.

The struggles of SoftBank-backed Uber and WeWork are justifiably calling attention to the downsides of motives to grab for the the biggest ...

The investment shows SoftBank’s Vision Fund's broader ambitions to attach itself to the food-delivery businesses.

Marta is one of two robots working at Zume Pizza, a secretive food delivery startup trying to make a more profitable pizza through machines.

Jackie Chan's son Jaycee Chan, who was caught using drugs with friends at his house here, has formally been charged with drug offences by p...