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Nvidia, SoftBank and Jensen Huang

Business Insider · 1d

Jensen Huang says SoftBank's Masayoshi Son once offered to help him buy out Nvidia — but he passed

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he turned down a chance to buy out the chip giant, while SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son regretted selling the stock early.

Fortune on MSN · 1d

Jensen Huang reveals Softbank’s Masayoshi Son once offered to lend him money to buy Nvidia

Huang was speaking at Nvidia’s AI Summit in Tokyo where he also announced several AI collaborations with Softbank.

Softbank once offered Jensen Huang a loan to buy Nvidia entirely — Nvidia CEO regrets not taking the loan

At Nvidia’s AI Summit in Tokyo this week, Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, and Masayoshi Son, the head of SoftBank, expressed regrets that the former did not privatize Nvidia a decade ago when the latter offered him money to do so.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Huang, Son Joke About SoftBank's Early Stake in Nvidia

At an AI summit in Tokyo on Wednesday, Jensen Huang and Masayoshi Son joked about how SoftBank was once Nvidia's largest shareholder before dumping its stake. The two billionaires are now joining forces on a Japanese supercomputer.

SoftBank 1st to receive new Nvidia chips for supercomputer

Reuters on MSN · 1d

SoftBank first to receive new Nvidia chips for supercomputer

Leading chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank Corp , the telecommunications arm of SoftBank Group , have piloted the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G telecoms network, the two companies said on Wednesday.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

SoftBank Plans Supercomputer With Nvidia Blackwell Chips

SoftBank Group Corp. will be the first to build a supercomputer with chips using Nvidia Corp.’s new Blackwell design, a demonstration of the Japanese company’s ambitions to catch up on AI.

Softbank plans to build first Nvidia Blackwell-based AI supercomputer using x86 DGX B200 servers

SoftBank's s telecom arm will build an AI supercomputer based on Nvidia's DGX B200 servers, featuring x86 processors and eight B200 GPU modules per server. SoftBank plans to adopt the Grace Blackwell platform, which combines Arm-based Grace CPUs and Blackwell AI GPUs, eventually (it's unclear when).

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SoftBank is betting on AI and an IPO revival after swinging to a $7.7 billion profit

The Japanese firm posted a $7.7 billion quarterly profit and is ready to chase fresh profits with new AI bets and IPOs.

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SoftBank unit to build supercomputer with Nvidia Blackwell chips

At the Nvidia AI Summit in Japan, founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced that SoftBank Corp will be the first to receive ...

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SoftBank books $7.7 billion quarterly gain as Vision Fund finds its feet again

Japan's SoftBank Group swung to a 1.18 trillion yen ($7.7 billion) net profit in the three months to September, as the tech ...

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Behind SoftBank’s $7.7 Billion Profit: Help From T-Mobile

Global tech investor SoftBank posted a $7.7 billion profit in the third quarter, its largest in two years by far. Aiding ...

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SoftBank-backed fintech Zopa aims to double profit this year as it eyes 2025 current account launch

British online bank Zopa is on track to double pre-tax profits and increase revenue by more a third in 2024, CEO Jaidev ...

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Japan’s SoftBank returns to profit after gains at Vision Fund and other investments

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group swung back to profitability in the July-September quarter, boosted by its ...

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SoftBank Gets Boost From Vision Fund to Forge Big Bets in AI

SoftBank Group Corp. swung to a quarterly profit on a series of successful Indian listings and a rebound in tech valuations ...

SoftBank Corp. Develops Orchestrator for AI and vRAN Integration

SoftBank Corp. developed an orchestrator that enables AI applications and virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) ...

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