Person
Masayoshi Son
Founder and CEO of SoftBank Group. SoftBank Vision Fund is the largest tech investment fund, backing Skild AI, NEURA Robotics, Saronic, Agility Robotics, and many others across physical AI.
Japanese · 6 current roles · 1 founding
Physical AI footprint (8)
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- Founder
SoftBank Group Corp.
- Chairman & CEO (SoftBank)
Stargate is the joint venture announced January 21, 2025 to build out AI-training data center capacity in the United States, with OpenAI and SoftBank each holdi
$100B raised - Founder & CEO (Parent: SoftBank Group)
SoftBank Corp's AI Data Center GPU Cloud is a neocloud offering NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 capacity from its own Japan data centers on the in-house Infrinia AI Cloud OS
- Founder & CEO, SoftBank Group (unveiled Pepper in 2014)
SoftBank Robotics is a division of [Softbank group](/companies/softbank-group) developing humanoid and service robots.
- Portfolio company · via SoftBank Vision Fund
One of the most iconic names in robotics, founded 1992 (MIT spinout) and acquired by Hyundai Motor Group in June 2021 at a ~$1.1 billion valuation.
Acquisition (Hyundai 80% stake) · $880M38 verified deployments · Atlas at Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USA →2 incidents5 models - Portfolio company · via SoftBank Vision Fund
American humanoid robotics company best known for Digit, a bipedal warehouse/logistics humanoid.
- Portfolio company · via SoftBank Vision Fund
American AI and robotics company based in Bedford, Massachusetts, developing integrated robotic solutions for e-commerce, retail replenishment, and logistics.
SPAC merger (go-public) · $413M3 verified deployments · Berkshire Grey System at Minneapolis →1 model - Portfolio company · via SoftBank Vision Fund
American autonomous technology company developing AI software for commercial floor cleaning robots.
Other · $125M1 model
and 12 more physical AI companies Masayoshi is connected to.
Current roles (6)
- SoftBank Founder & Chairman & CEOSecondary-verified
- Stargate Infrastructure Chairman & CEO (SoftBank)
- SoftBank AI Cloud Founder & CEO (Parent: SoftBank Group)Secondary-verified
- SoftBank Robotics Founder & CEO, SoftBank Group (unveiled Pepper in 2014)SEC-verified
- SoftBank Chairman & CEOSecondary-verified
- Stargate Infrastructure ChairmanReported, not verified
Foundings (1)
- SoftBankcofounderno longer at company
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Investor roles (1)
- SoftBank Vision Fund general partner(venture)
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Companies (2)
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