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Coogan: Masayoshi Son claims $9T AI capex is reasonable or too small
“Masayushi Sohn, the head of SoftBank, is here quoted saying that, nine trillion dollars of capex for artificial super intelligence is very reasonable. In fact, it may be too small.”
John Coogan Nov 3, 2024 ▶ 1:29:35 The Secret Billionaire Party (ep6)
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Intel Secures $7B From Nvidia and SoftBank Following Federal Intervention
“Since Washington stepped in, as you know, Jordy Intel has pulled five billion of investment from NVIDIA, two billion from Japan's SoftBank, and its shares have more than quadrupled, trouncing those of rivals.”
John Coogan Aug 6, 2026 ▶ 27:48 More Details on OpenAI-Hugging Face, SpaceX SPV Investors Get Rugged, Demis and DeepMind | Diet TBPN
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Hays: OpenAI raised $110B round from Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank
“OpenAI raised a hundred and ten billion dollar round of funding from Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank.”
Jordi Hays Mar 3, 2026 ▶ 28:56 Anthropic v. DoW, Paramount wins WB, OpenAI raises $100B | Diet TBPN
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SoftBank Agrees to Invest $2 Billion into Intel
“SoftBank led by Masa suddenly agreed to put two billion into the company, part of its campaign to bet on us firms and appeal to Trump.”
Jordi Hays Aug 30, 2025 ▶ 29:39 Weekly Recap: Taylor Swift Gets Engaged, SpaceX Launches Falcon 9, Dr. Drew
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Hays: SoftBank owns roughly 90% of Arm, valued at $140B
“Because they own 90%, roughly 90% of the company. It was a full buyout in 2016. That's right. They bought the entire company for something around 25 thirty billion US USD. Buy the entire company. They still own 90% today. So their purse, their, like, SoftBank'…”
Jordi Hays Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 7:19 Arm’s $15B Chip Bet, Sanders & AOC vs Datacenters, Meta & YouTube Lose Trial | Diet TBPN
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SoftBank pledged $100B in U.S. AI and tech investments
“SoftBank had already pledged to spend at least a hundred billion in the U.S. On AI and other tech investments. A move announced by Sun at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club last December.”
Jordi Hays Aug 30, 2025 ▶ 33:24 Weekly Recap: Taylor Swift Gets Engaged, SpaceX Launches Falcon 9, Dr. Drew
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