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SoftBank Group

also referred to as: soft bank · softbank

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 8, 2021 by Shaan Puri · said 14 times in 11 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Sep 8, 2021 negative
Opinion
Puri: SoftBank and athlete-backed Series F rounds are overpriced 'sucker rounds'
“Oh, and also, the wonderful kiss of death, SoftBank, and then Kevin Durant and other athletes are investing. You know, that's called the sucker round. It's not called the Series F, it's called the sucker round.”
Shaan Puri Sep 8, 2021 ▶ 41:54 Why Direct-to-Consumer Companies Are Awesome to Own | My First Million #217
Sep 17, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Puri: SoftBank Invested $1B in Flexport at $3.2B Valuation
“Flexport's currently valued last public valuation was about three billion dollars. The SoftBank put in a billion dollars at a three point 3.2 billion dollar valuation. It's got about 2500 employees.”
Shaan Puri Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 7:27 12 Startups Where Stock Grants Can Make You a Millionaire | My First Million #220
Sep 8, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
SoftBank invested approximately $500M into pizza robotics startup Zume
“One of the popular ones soft bank put like, I don't know, five hundred million dollars into it or something ridiculous”
Shaan Puri Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 36:05 4 Robot Businesses That Will Take Over The Fast Food Industry (#359)
Mar 8, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Puri: SoftBank poured hundreds of millions into pizza robotics
“Just soft bank had poured like hundreds of millions into a pizza bot that I've talked about a lot, which is pizza is the big prize here.”
Shaan Puri Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 30:10 Elon Musk SUES Sam Altman
Oct 2, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Puri: SoftBank-Backed Elder Companion Startup Papa Was Valued at $1.4B
“SoftBank put a bunch of money into it. And they were valued at 1.4 billion.”
Shaan Puri Oct 2, 2024 ▶ 18:20 The guy who gets paid $80K/yr to do nothing
Feb 17, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Puri: OpenAI sought SoftBank funding at a $240B-$250B valuation
“They just, they were just trying to raise from Massa and SoftBank. At a two hundred fifty billion dollar value. Two hundred fifty billion dollar, two hundred forty billion dollar valuation.”
Shaan Puri Feb 17, 2025 ▶ 34:21 What’s truly going on inside DOGE?
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