SoftBank's Son Reportedly Seeks Up to $100bn From Gulf Investors for New AI Buyout Fund | Traders Agency
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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has held talks with senior figures in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf investors about raising as much as $100 billion for a new artificial intelligence investment vehicle, according to a
Financial Times
report cited by
Yahoo Finance
European Business Magazine
. Unlike SoftBank's existing Vision Funds, which back early-stage start-ups, the proposed fund would acquire established companies and use AI and other advanced technologies to overhaul their operations, the reporting says, effectively applying a private-equity-style strategy with an AI overlay.
What the reported plan involves
SoftBank's robotics and physical AI business, Roze, is expected to play a key role in the strategy, according to the Financial Times reporting relayed by Yahoo Finance. European Business Magazine's account suggests the fund would target profitable mid-sized firms in manufacturing, logistics and financial services, often family-owned, and notes Europe could be a likely hunting ground given the euro's position near a 17-month low, which makes such businesses cheaper to buyers holding dollars. SoftBank has not commented on the fundraising plan, European Business Magazine reports.
The scale being discussed echoes 2017, when Son raised close to $100 billion for the first Vision Fund, mostly from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala. That fund backed Uber and Arm but also made what European Business Magazine calls one of the most expensive mistakes in modern venture capital, WeWork. No Gulf institution has been reported as confi