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TDSE announced on August 31 that its subsidiary LangGenius Inc., the Japanese arm of LangGenius, Inc. which develops the AI agent platform Dify, will participate as a diamond sponsor at the generative AI conference 'IF Con Tokyo 2026' to be held on September 10 at Tokyo Convention Hall, and will co-present with SoftBank Corp. as a customer case.
Source:Sep 2, 2026, 01:22 UTC
SoftBank announced the first trial operation in Japan of a high-altitude platform station (HAPS) using an unmanned aircraft off Cape Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, aiming for commercialization after 2027.
Source:Sep 1, 2026, 23:59 UTC
Sceye and SoftBank Corp. completed a stratospheric connectivity demonstration in Japan, advancing HAPS commercialization.
Aug 27, 2026, 07:04 UTC
SoftBank announced on August 27 that it will launch 'Mentally', an AI-based service for teachers to understand students' concerns, including creating surveys and AI chat to help with interviews, starting the same day for GIGA School initiative tablets.
Source:Aug 21, 2026, 00:45 UTC
SoftBank Corp. and Ericsson Japan demonstrated Ericsson's AI in RAN software on SoftBank's 5G commercial network in Japan on August 20, 2026, marking the first such validation in Japan for the vendor's technology.
Source:Aug 10, 2026, 05:25 UTC
SoftBank announced on August 10 that it has started joint research with Juntendo University and HEMILLIONS to develop a medical-specialized AI tool to improve training of resident doctors, using SoftBank subsidiary SB Intuitions' large language model Med-Sara.
Source:Aug 7, 2026, 04:49 UTC
On Friday, Japanese and South Korean equities reversed early gains, with the KOSPI falling over 1% and the Nikkei 225 dropping slightly, as memory chip stocks extended a multi-week selloff; SoftBank Group slid 3.69% and SK Hynix sank 4.82%.
Source:Aug 6, 2026, 15:00 UTC
SoftBank will offer free satellite direct-to-smartphone communication service using SpaceX's Starlink on its budget brand LINEMO starting in September, adding it as a benefit to two rate plans.
Source:Aug 6, 2026, 14:30 UTC
SoftBank announced it is leasing land from the U.S. federal government to build a data center in Ohio.
Source:Aug 6, 2026, 10:12 UTC
SoftBank Group stock fell 4.41% on Thursday, closing at 5,695 yen in Tokyo, down 263 yen from the prior session.
Source:Aug 6, 2026, 07:56 UTC
SoftBank signed a $40 billion one-year bridge loan to fund its OpenAI investments and arranged a $20 billion financing loan secured by Arm shares.
Aug 6, 2026, 07:56 UTC
SoftBank made an additional $10 billion investment in OpenAI during the first quarter, bringing cumulative investment to $44.6 billion.
Source:Aug 6, 2026, 06:42 UTC
SoftBank obtained a $10 billion loan secured by its OpenAI equity stake.
Aug 6, 2026, 06:40 UTC
SoftBank Group arranged $1.75 billion equivalent in leveraged buyout financing in August 2026 to partially fund its acquisition of ABB's robotics business.
Aug 5, 2026, 11:00 UTC
G-DEP Advanced signed a sales partner agreement with SoftBank for its cloud service 'AI Data Center GPU Server'.
Aug 5, 2026, 05:17 UTC
Sharp announced on August 5 that it will launch the new entry-level smartphone "AQUOS wish 6" in mid-September, featuring about double the maximum brightness of previous models for better visibility in strong outdoor sunlight, and will sell it sequentially in Japan and Taiwan, initially through SoftBank for corporate customers, with price undecided.
Source:Aug 4, 2026, 06:31 UTC
SoftBank Group reported first-quarter operating profit of 302.3 billion yen, beating the market expectation of 275.54 billion yen.
Aug 3, 2026, 19:00 UTC
On May 4, OpenAI announced the $10 billion OpenAI Deployment Company, a joint venture with TPG, Brookfield, Bain Capital, Advent, SoftBank and Dragoneer focused on real estate portfolio companies.
Source:Jul 31, 2026, 03:40 UTC
SoftBank, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta made donations to projects associated with President Trump, including his library, White House ballroom, and a pro-Trump group.
Jul 30, 2026, 13:28 UTC
NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank, and Rakuten Mobile restored mobile phone communication services disrupted by the Kumamoto earthquake on July 30, 2026.
Source:Jul 29, 2026, 01:43 UTC
Over 100 base stations of four mobile carriers, including SoftBank, were damaged in Kumamoto Prefecture due to the earthquake, causing communication difficulties in some areas.
Source:Jul 28, 2026, 16:10 UTC
Emergent closed a $130 million Series C funding round led by Creaegis, with co-leads MNI Ventures-Claypond Capital and Sentinel Global, and participation from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator, valuing the company at $1.5 billion.
Jul 27, 2026, 20:00 UTC
SoftBank Group (SBG) will acquire ABB Robotics, the robot business spun off from Swiss heavy electrical equipment maker ABB, by the end of 2026.
Source:Jul 27, 2026, 09:14 UTC
Tohoku University and SoftBank announced the establishment of a joint research institute to develop a domestic disaster-prevention AI platform.
Source:Jul 27, 2026, 08:26 UTC
SoftBank Corp. is near a deal to acquire SP.LINKS Inc., a payments service provider owned by Blackstone Inc., after being selected as the preferred bidder.
Jul 24, 2026, 09:21 UTC
SoftBank Group is considering acquiring Swiss AI robotics startup Gravis Robotics AG, planning to build a significant equity stake and place it under a new AI and robotics entity named Roze, with a potential valuation exceeding $500 million.
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