Choblin(@choblin29):Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100 BILLION from Gulf investors for a new SoftBank AI fund, with talks already held with senior figures in the UAE, the FT reports. The fund would acquire companies and improve their operations using AI and robotics, with SoftBank's Roze expected to play a central role. SoftBank has already invested $64.6 billion in OpenAI for roughly 13%, and raised another $11.1 billion last month in the world's largest high-yield corporate bond sale.

2026.10.09 07:17

Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100 BILLION from Gulf investors for a new SoftBank AI fund, with talks already held with senior figures in the UAE, the FT reports. The fund would acquire companies and improve their operations using AI and robotics, with SoftBank's Roze expected to play a central role. SoftBank has already invested $64.6 billion in OpenAI for roughly 13%, and raised another $11.1 billion last month in the world's largest high-yield corporate bond sale.