SoftBank
Mentioned in 22 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
A Japanese telecommunications and investment conglomerate making major bets on artificial intelligence infrastructure, most notably as a co-lead investor contributing $30 billion to OpenAI's record $110 billion funding round. Beyond AI, the company is diversifying into emerging technologies including high-altitude platform systems (HAPS) for stratospheric internet connectivity and the Stargate UAE initiative for large-scale AI compute clusters. Podcasters discuss SoftBank as a key institutional player leveraging its capital to shape the future of AI development and infrastructure.
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Episode Mentions
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”