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NVIDIA prepares to drop Arm
In recent news, Boston Dynamics was sold by Softbank to Hyundai at a valuation of $1.1 billion with the latter acquiring 80% stake in the company. Pioneered in developing mobile robots, Boston Dynamics produces some of the most agile and intelligent service and logistics robots. It became famous with its signature product SPOT, which could…
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Why NVIDIA Acquired ARM
“An astounding 180 billion computers have been built with Arm — 22 billion last year alone. Arm has become the most popular CPU in the world.” Jensen Huang, Founder, NVIDIA NVIDIA today announced that it would acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund in a transaction valued at $40 billion. According to…
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Why NVIDIA Acquired ARM
“An astounding 180 billion computers have been built with Arm — 22 billion last year alone. Arm has become the most popular CPU in the world.” Jensen Huang, Founder, NVIDIA NVIDIA today announced that it would acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund in a transaction valued at $40 billion. According to…
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The University of Tokyo and SoftBank Corp this month announced an agreement to establish the Beyond AI Institute, a new research facility that will gather the world’s best minds and launch programs to develop businesses with research results. The Beyond AI Institute aims to be an advanced artificial intelligence research organization that brings together top-level…
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According to experts, the massive bets of Softbank have played a crucial role in driving innovation at scale for young companies which are usually devoid of capital in the early phase. The startup innovation and the corresponding funding has been shifting rapidly over the years. Since the 2000s, when startup funding was focused mostly on…
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The 800-pound gorilla in the VC space has made another move towards consolidating its position. SoftBank Group, known for its ambitious Vision Fund, is now setting up another investment fund. Reportedly, this will be dedicated to startups focusing on artificial intelligence. This is keeping in mind the vision of the founder of SoftBank, Masayoshi Son.…
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Automation Anywhere, a Robotic Process Automation startup, announced that they have raised $300 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund. The funding is subject to regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions and is an expansion to the company’s Series A round announced in July, bringing the financing to over $500 million. RPA enables…
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