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.
‘Let’s cry together…': Jensen Huang jokes with Masayoshi Son about SoftBank ditching Nvidia stake
“Many of you probably don't know this, but at one point, Masa was the largest shareholder of Nvidia,” said Jensen Huang at an event in Tokyo on November 13. Huang recalled the company's history with Masayoshi Son and how important the head has been for ...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to Softbank founder and Japan's second richest man Masayoshi Son: We can, we can cry together ...
At Nvidia's AI Summit in Japan, SoftBank announced its plan to build Japan's most powerful AI supercomputer using Nvidia's DGX B200 product. Nvidia CE
Softbank once offered Jensen Huang a loan to buy Nvidia entirely — Nvidia CEO regrets not taking the loan
The cell phone ban at the country’s second-largest school district will begin early next year, and now officials are detailing just how the massive change will take effect. The Los Angeles Unified School District voted to ban cell phone use during the school day in June. It’s set to go into effect on Feb. 18, […]
SoftBank CEO rues dumping Nvidia stake, pretends to cry as he hugs Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang and Masayoshi Son drew laughter from the audience of an AI summit as they joked about how SoftBank was once Nvidia's largest shareholder
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.
Masayoshi Son Is Trying to Make Up for Past Mistakes
It’s not clear that his all-in AI bets will pay off. But they’re invigorating Japan’s beleaguered tech sector.
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Softbank’s gambling founder, Masayoshi Son, is catnip for authors
Masayoshi Son, boss of SoftBank, a Japanese tech and telecoms giant, is one of the boldest investors of modern times. He earned billions from prescient investments in Arm Holdings, a chip company ...
Gambling Man — the remarkable, rollercoaster story of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son
Lionel Barber’s pacy biography charts the tech investor’s audacious career and gets a glimpse of the man behind the enigma ...
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SoftBank’s unicorn hunter
Son’s fund would go on to lead a $200 million ... million investment in a startup at a $180 million valuation. But “Masa swooped in” and offered the startup $100 million at a $500 million ...
Masayoshi Son may be the oddest of the oddball billionaires
He once wrote a US$4 billion cheque to former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann after listening to his pitch. Read more at straitstimes ...
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‘He is like Icarus’: Ex-Softbank CFO on working with Masa
Alok Sama, former president and CFO of SoftBank Group International, says Masayoshi Son reminds him of the mythical Icarus, ...