SoftBank
Mentioned in 45 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
A Japanese telecommunications and investment conglomerate primarily discussed in podcasts for its massive capital commitments to AI infrastructure, notably contributing $30 billion to OpenAI's record-breaking funding rounds and partnering with NVIDIA and Microsoft on compute buildout. The company also holds significant tech assets, including approximately 90% ownership of semiconductor designer ARM (worth ~$140 billion) and former robotics company Boston Dynamics, while pursuing emerging technologies like HAPS stratospheric internet through partnerships. CEO Masayoshi Son has become a prominent figure in AI investment discourse, with the company's Vision Fund serving as a benchmark for the scale of major tech infrastructure investments.
Mentioned On
Episode Mentions
Better Offline · May 15, 2026
Monologue: AI Is Making The Tech Industry Weak
“Investing in OpenAI's $122B funding round in monthly installments”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · May 14, 2026
RIP Golden Age of Agent Experimentation 2026-2026
“Attempted acquisition of Cerebrus alongside Arm before IPO, signaling consolidation interest in AI infrastructure companies”
Bloomberg Tech · May 13, 2026
Anthropic Eyeing Over $900 Billion Valuation
“Majority owner of Arm; participated in failed $100B acquisition attempt of Cerebras in early May”
Bloomberg Tech · May 8, 2026
CoreWeave Shares Drop After Forecast Sparks Growth Fears
“Targeting $6B loan backed by OpenAI stake after creditor hesitation; down from initial $10B target”
Building AI: News on OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google Gemini and xAI's Grok · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Reducing AI infrastructure margin loan target from $10B to $6B amid funding boom”
Anthropic · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Reducing AI infrastructure margin loan target by 40% from $10B to $6B”
The Run-Up AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Cutting OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10 billion to $6 billion”
The Last Invention is AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Cutting OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10B to $6B amid funding market shifts”
The Daily AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Reducing OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10B to $6B”
The AI Podcast · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Reducing OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10B to $6B amid AI funding market dynamics”
Personal AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Cutting OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10B to $6B, signaling reduced confidence in AI funding appetite.”
No Priors AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Cutting OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10B to $6B amid funding market dynamics”
Latent Space AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Cutting OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10 billion to $6 billion”
Global News Podcast · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Reducing OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10 billion to $6 billion”
AI Breakdown · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Reducing AI margin loan target from $10B to $6B amid funding market uncertainty”
Claude AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Reducing OpenAI margin loan target by 40% from $10B to $6B amid funding market shifts”
What Bitcoin Did · May 6, 2026
Jack Mallers | Wall Street Is Rebuilding Around Bitcoin
“Early minority investor in 21; sat on board during founding; provided capital for Bitcoin treasury company”
Prof G Markets · Apr 30, 2026
Ray Dalio: The World Order Has Unraveled
“Major tech investor; fell 12% on OpenAI revenue miss, largest decline among related stocks”
TBPN · Apr 30, 2026
Tech Earnings Quadkill, Red Button vs Blue Button | Diet TBPN
“Stock slumped on OpenAI funding concerns and AI ROI uncertainty”
Tech Brew Ride Home · Apr 29, 2026
Elon V. Sam Day 2
“Original Stargate joint venture partner; share price fell on reports of OpenAI missing internal revenue and growth targets”
Bloomberg Tech · Apr 28, 2026
OpenAI Linked Stocks Fall on Report It Missed Targets
“Major investor in OpenAI with tens of billions of dollars exposure; US-listed shares affected by selloff”
Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition · Apr 28, 2026
Trump Weighs Tehran Proposal; Kimmel Defends Comments about First Lady
“Shares fell 10% in Tokyo trading after OpenAI missed targets; company committed $64B to OpenAI”
Bloomberg Tech · Apr 23, 2026
Tesla Plans Additional $25 Billion in Spending
“Seeking $10B loan secured by OpenAI shares as founder positions company in global AI boom”
ImpactAlpha Podcasts · Apr 10, 2026
Introducing ImpactAlpha Edge + Investors reflect on aquaculture fraud
“Investor in E-Fishery alongside other venture capital firms”
Motley Fool Money · Apr 1, 2026
Oracle Lays Off 30,000 and Nike Falls Flat Once Again
“Participating in OpenAI funding round; taking on debt to fund AI investment rounds, indicating private market stress”
Daily Tech News Show · Apr 1, 2026
OpenAI Insists It Makes Lots of Money - DTNS 5238
“Participated in OpenAI's $122B Series D funding round”
Elon Musk Podcast · Apr 1, 2026
Oracle Fired 30,000 to Build AI
“Capital provider in Stargate joint venture; contributing financial resources to $500B AI infrastructure initiative”
TBPN · Mar 27, 2026
Arm’s $15B Chip Bet, Sanders & AOC vs Datacenters, Meta & YouTube Lose Trial | Diet TBPN
“Owns 90% of ARM after $25-30B acquisition in 2016, holdings now worth approximately $140B”
TBPN · Mar 26, 2026
Arm Pumps CPUs, Social Media Addiction, Data Center Ban | Eric Goldman, Nima Jalali, Jon McNeill, Karri Saarinen, Dimi Kellari, Mikey Shulman, Aida Baradari, Zack Kanter, Nik Milanović, Zach Perret
“Owns 90% of ARM, holdings worth approximately $140 billion after stock surge”
Better Offline · Mar 25, 2026
NVIDIAdrome with Steve Burke of GamersNexus
“Required to raise $40B to fund $30B OpenAI investment; deal status unclear”
TBPN · Mar 21, 2026
Bezos' $100B AI Plan, Nvida Chip Smuggling, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
“Vision Fund compared to Bezos' $100B manufacturing fund proposal”
Big Technology Podcast · Mar 20, 2026
OpenAI’s Superapp Ambitions, Jensen on Jobs, Bezos’s $100 Billion Automation Fund
“Vision Fund comparison for scale of Bezos's proposed $100 billion manufacturing fund”
Motley Fool Money · Mar 2, 2026
NASA Doubles Down on the Moon
“Contributed remaining funding to OpenAI's $110 billion round after Amazon and NVIDIA commitments”
This Week in Startups · Feb 28, 2026
The Biggest Private Funding Round in History | E2256
“Contributing $30B to OpenAI's record funding round”
Daily Tech News Show · Feb 27, 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI Draw a Red Line for the Pentagon - DTNS 5215
“Co-led OpenAI's record $110B funding round, signaling major capital commitment to AI infrastructure.”
Big Technology Podcast · Feb 20, 2026
OpenAI’s $100 Billion Funding Round, OpenClaw Acquired, AI’s Productivity Question — With Aaron Levie
“Expected to contribute $30 billion to OpenAI's funding round”
Elon Musk Podcast · Feb 20, 2026
AI UPDATE: The AI Industry Is a $300 Billion House of Cards Built on Stolen Books and Broken Promises
“Partner in Stargate UAE initiative for one gigawatt AI cluster launching Q3 2026”
MIT Technology Review Narrated · Feb 18, 2026
Stratospheric internet could finally start taking off this year
“Japanese telecommunications giant betting on HAPS technology; partnering with Sky for 2026 stratospheric connectivity trials”
Better Offline · Feb 4, 2026
Hater Season: Openclaw with David Gerard
“Invested $20 billion real dollars in OpenAI for $40 billion in imaginary equity valuations”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Feb 3, 2026
#195: Moltbook Goes Viral, OpenAI Seeks $100B, Microsoft Stock Plummets & SpaceX-xAI Merger Rumors
“In talks to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Jan 13, 2026
#190: ChatGPT Health, Audience Reactions to AGI, Claude Code Use Cases, xAI Raises $20B & Big Gmail AI Updates
“Former owner of Boston Dynamics; investing in AI infrastructure through sovereign wealth fund”
The Compound and Friends · Jan 9, 2026
It's not 1929, but it might be - Andrew Ross Sorkin
“Venture capital vehicle providing backdoor exposure to private AI investments; example of institutional leverage in AI space”
Tech Won't Save Us · Dec 24, 2025
The Year in Tech w/ Jathan Sadowski & Brian Merchant
“Major investor in OpenAI's funding rounds, pumping billions into AI infrastructure”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Dec 16, 2025
#186: GPT-5.2, Disney-OpenAI Deal, New Trump AI Executive Order, OpenAI State of Enterprise AI Report, Teen AI Usage & Data Centers in Space
“CEO Masayoshi Son named Time Person of the Year for AI leadership”
BG2Pod with Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley · Sep 26, 2025
NVIDIA: OpenAI, Future of Compute, and the American Dream | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner
“Partner with NVIDIA and OpenAI on OCI infrastructure buildout”