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SoftBank acquires ABB robotics division
SoftBank announced 5.4 billion USD acquisition of ABB robotics division explicitly framing physical AI as its next frontier. Major consolidation in industrial robotics.
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- Announced
- 2026-01-018 months ago
- Active for
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Who’s involved
SoftBank Group is a Japanese multinational conglomerate and investment holding company headquartered in Tokyo, founded in 1981 by [Masayoshi Son](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Son). Through its SoftBank Vision Funds and direct holdings, it is one of the world's largest technology investors, with major stakes in [OpenAI](https://openai.com), Arm Holdings, and historically [Boston Dynamics](/companies/boston-dynamics). The group operates SoftBank Robotics, which developed the Pepper humanoid social robot, and has committed over 30B USD to AI infrastructure and OpenAI investments
Most-frequent partners
ABB Robotics, Swiss-Swedish industrial robot manufacturer (ABB Group) producing 6-axis robots, cobots (GoFa, SWIFTI), and painting robots. [World](/companies/world-labs)'s #2 industrial robot maker.
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