Masayoshi Son’s Grand Plan for SoftBank’s $100 Billion Vision Fund
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Masayoshi Son’s Grand Plan for SoftBank’s $100 Billion Vision Fund
“He understands that we’ll need a massive amount of data to get us to a future that’s more dependent on machines and robotics.”
Son laid out for Mr. Gundersen helps explain why SoftBank
and its Vision Fund have invested billions of dollars in a seemingly random sample of more than two dozen companies since the fund was announced.
He rarely picks up phone calls, and his email signature includes the whirring fan icon that shows a computer is booting up, or “thinking.”
Many of the entrepreneurs speak of Mr.
“Only people close to him know how huge his vision is,” said Eugene Izhikevich, the chief executive of Brain Corp, a company based in San Diego
that makes the software that controls autonomous robots
“I really do like to believe he likes us a lot,” Mr. Barnard said of Mr.
“I’d say the thing we have in common with his other investments is
that they are all part of some of the largest systems on the planet: energy, transportation, the internet and food.”
Some entrepreneurs travel the globe to spend time with Mr.
After a whirlwind courtship, Mr. Son’s nearly $100 billion Vision Fund, which SoftBank unveiled last October with money from Saudi Arabia
and others, led a $164 million investment in Mapbox that was announced on Tuesday.
“He understands that we’ll need a massive amount of data to get us to a future that’s more dependent on machines and robotics.”
Son laid out for Mr. Gundersen helps explain why SoftBank
and its Vision Fund have invested billions of dollars in a seemingly random sample of more than two dozen companies since the fund was announced.
He rarely picks up phone calls, and his email signature includes the whirring fan icon that shows a computer is booting up, or “thinking.”
Many of the entrepreneurs speak of Mr.
“Only people close to him know how huge his vision is,” said Eugene Izhikevich, the chief executive of Brain Corp, a company based in San Diego
that makes the software that controls autonomous robots
“I really do like to believe he likes us a lot,” Mr. Barnard said of Mr.
“I’d say the thing we have in common with his other investments is
that they are all part of some of the largest systems on the planet: energy, transportation, the internet and food.”
Some entrepreneurs travel the globe to spend time with Mr.
After a whirlwind courtship, Mr. Son’s nearly $100 billion Vision Fund, which SoftBank unveiled last October with money from Saudi Arabia
and others, led a $164 million investment in Mapbox that was announced on Tuesday.