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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 · 7 current roles · 2 foundings

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Physical AI footprint (8)

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Boston Dynamicsverified→
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) · $880M37 verified deployments · Atlas at Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USA →2 incidents5 models
Agility Roboticsverified→
Portfolio company · via SoftBank Vision Fund
American humanoid robotics company best known for Digit, a bipedal warehouse/logistics humanoid.
IPO · $620M15 verified deployments · Digit v5 at Fremont →1 incident3 models
Berkshire Greyverified→
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.
3 verified deployments · Berkshire Grey System at Minneapolis →1 model
SoftBank Robotics (Pepper)verified→
Founder & CEO, SoftBank Group (unveiled Pepper in 2014)
Pepper is a semi-humanoid robot manufactured by Aldebaran Robotics (formerly SoftBank Robotics Europe, now part of [United robotics group](/companies/united-rob
Acquisition · $100M3 verified deployments · Pepper at Montreal →1 incident1 model
Beta Technologiesverified→
Portfolio company · via SoftBank Vision Fund
US electric aviation company developing the ALIA-250 eVTOL for cargo and passenger applications.
Series C · $375M2 verified deployments · ALIA-250 at Plattsburgh →1 incident1 model
Stargate Infrastructureverified→
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
Other · $100B2 models
SoftBankverified→
Founder
SoftBank Group Corp.
SoftBank Groupverified→
Founder
SoftBank Group is a Japanese multinational conglomerate and investment holding company headquartered in Tokyo, founded in 1981 by [Masayoshi Son](https://en.wik

and 12 more physical AI companies Masayoshi is connected to.

Current roles (7)

SoftBank Group Founder, Chairman & CEOSecondary-verified
SoftBank Group FounderSecondary-verified
SoftBank Robotics (Pepper) Founder & CEO, SoftBank Group (unveiled Pepper in 2014)SEC-verified
Stargate Infrastructure Chairman & CEO (SoftBank)
SoftBank Founder & Chairman & CEOSecondary-verified
SoftBank Chairman & CEOSecondary-verified
Stargate Infrastructure ChairmanReported, not verified

Foundings (2)

SoftBankno longer at company
SoftBank Groupcofounderno longer at company

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Investor roles (1)

SoftBank Vision Fund general partner(venture)

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