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title: "SoftBank Group"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/softbank-group
updated: 2026-10-25T07:42:28.000Z
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# SoftBank Group

> SoftBank Group is a Japanese telecom company founded in 1981.

Source: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201653)

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/softbank-group

- **Type:** Company
- **Signals:** 20
- **First seen:** Sep 13, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 25, 2026
- **Also known as:** SoftBank

## Recent signals

- [SoftBank’s Son Plans $50 Billion Malaysia Tech Outlay, PM Says](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbanks-son-plans-50-billion-malaysia-tech-outlay-pm-says-f33f9d97) (Oct 25, 2026)
- [Sources: SoftBank's SB Energy is considering going public as soon as December or waiting until 2027, as it closely watches Anthropic's IPO, expected in November (The Information)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-softbanks-sb-energy-is-considering-going-public-as-soon-as-b913cb39) (Oct 22, 2026)
- [AI debt worries mount as CoreWeave's bond yield tops 15%, insuring SoftBank debt gets pricier, and some Oracle debt trades near 80 to 90 cents on the dollar (New York Times)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-debt-worries-mount-as-coreweaves-bond-yield-tops-15-insuring-cd200774) (Oct 18, 2026)
- [Sources: SoftBank weighs buying US security services giant Allied Universal at an \~$18B equity valuation, as Masayoshi Son explores deploying AI-powered robots (Bloomberg)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-softbank-weighs-buying-us-security-services-giant-allied-0f0b484b) (Oct 16, 2026)
- [SoftBank Is Said to Weigh Buying Top US Security Firm Allied](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbank-is-said-to-weigh-buying-top-us-security-firm-allied-018d47a6) (Oct 16, 2026)
- [Sources: SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve their operations with AI and other advanced tech (Financial Times)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-softbank-is-seeking-to-raise-up-to-100b-from-gulf-investors-7f7be690) (Oct 9, 2026)
- [SoftBank Seeks $100 Billion From Gulf Investors for AI, FT Says](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbank-seeks-100-billion-from-gulf-investors-for-ai-ft-says-fbe2784c) (Oct 9, 2026)
- [SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Has Rare Cautionary Note on AI Safety](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbanks-masayoshi-son-has-rare-cautionary-note-on-ai-safety-1bb19c91) (Oct 4, 2026)
- [SoftBank made the final $10B investment in its $30B pledge to OpenAI's last funding round; source: Nvidia also made its final $10B investment in the round (The Information)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbank-made-the-final-10b-investment-in-its-30b-pledge-to-openais-726f998c) (Oct 1, 2026)
- [Sources on how SoftBank's $11B junk bond sale landed, despite investor questions about OpenAI's listing timeline, data center plans, and SB Energy's delayed IPO (Bloomberg)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-on-how-softbanks-11b-junk-bond-sale-landed-despite-investor-0cc14fbd) (Sep 28, 2026)
- [Blackstone, OpenAI, QTS, and SoftBank partner with key US unions to launch the American Infrastructure Alliance, aiming to create data center standards in 2027 (Hans Nichols/Axios)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/blackstone-openai-qts-and-softbank-partner-with-key-us-unions-to-6fc5f1b9) (Sep 28, 2026)
- [Nvidia Buying an Additional $1.5 Billion in SB Energy Shares Ahead of IPO](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/nvidia-buying-an-additional-1-5-billion-in-sb-energy-shares-ahead-of-cf5320ec) (Sep 21, 2026)
- [SoftBank Seeking Over $11 Billion in Junk Bond Deal for OpenAI Investment](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbank-seeking-over-11-billion-in-junk-bond-deal-for-openai-b61279e6) (Sep 21, 2026)
- [Sources: SoftBank is looking to issue $10B and €1B in debt for its OpenAI investment, in what would be one of the biggest junk bond sales ever (Bloomberg)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-softbank-is-looking-to-issue-10b-and-1b-in-debt-for-its-openai-d9b55d84) (Sep 20, 2026)
- [Anthropic’s Claude Takes Bigger Role in Building AI](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/anthropics-claude-takes-bigger-role-in-building-ai-be1a48c9) (Sep 18, 2026)
- [SoftBank Raises Arm Margin Loan to $25 Billion as AI Bets Grow](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbank-raises-arm-margin-loan-to-25-billion-as-ai-bets-grow-98c8f43e) (Sep 18, 2026)
- [SoftBank CDS Hovers Near 3-Year High on OpenAI Funding Concerns](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbank-cds-hovers-near-3-year-high-on-openai-funding-concerns-889b9531) (Sep 16, 2026)
- [AI-connected Asian stocks fell sharply following US tech leaders' call for pacing AI development, with SoftBank, Kioxia, SK Hynix, Minimax, and Z.ai down 5%+ (Reuters)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-connected-asian-stocks-fell-sharply-following-us-tech-leaders-call-3131f531) (Sep 14, 2026)
- [Sources: SoftBank sealed a two-year loan facility to support its OpenAI investment, securing $11.87B in commitments from \~20 banks, above its $10B target (Janice Huang/Bloomberg)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-softbank-sealed-a-two-year-loan-facility-to-support-its-openai-7fe484b7) (Sep 13, 2026)
- [SoftBank Gets Upsized $11.9 Billion Loan in OpenAI Funding Push](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/softbank-gets-upsized-11-9-billion-loan-in-openai-funding-push-fffa7fe6) (Sep 13, 2026)

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