Masayoshi Son
Japanese businessman
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Videos Mentioning Masayoshi Son

The Darkside of AI – Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity
Academy of Ideas
CEO of SoftBank, who called the Stargate project the beginning of a golden age at its announcement.

E141: State of Series A's, VC dry powder, IPO window opens + more with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner
All-In Podcast
Founder and CEO of SoftBank, inferred as the 'Masayoshi-san' pushing ARM for a large IPO.

Tucker Carlson: State of America, leaving Fox News, Media Control, Politics, and more
All-In Podcast
Founder and CEO of SoftBank Group; discussed in speculation that Sam Altman was making deals with him in the Middle East to raise funds for AI chips.

E147: TED goes woke, Canada's Nazi blunder, AI adds vision, plus: who owns OpenAI?
All-In Podcast
Chairman of SoftBank, involved in discussions for OpenAI's funding and a potential new company combining talent from SoftBank, LoveFrom, and OpenAI.

E125: SpaceX launch, Fox News settlement, "Zombie-corn" exodus to AI, late-stage implosion
All-In Podcast
Founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, whose fund (Vision Fund) is reportedly 'underwater,' similar to Tiger Global's challenges.

E81: All-In Summit: Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner on markets, downturns & investment cycles
All-In Podcast
Mentioned for raising $100 billion and injecting it into the market, which negatively impacted Uber and Lyft by enabling dis-economic strategies.

Trump's First Week: Inauguration Recap, Executive Actions, TikTok, Stargate + Sacks is Back!
All-In Podcast
Founder and CEO of SoftBank Group. He is the chairman of the Stargate Project and is praised for his successful investments in Alibaba and Arm, achieving billions of dollars in returns.

E91: SoftBank's $21B+ Vision Fund loss, signals of a bubble, macro picture, Trump raided by FBI
All-In Podcast
Founder of SoftBank, discussed regarding the Vision Fund's significant investment losses and his admission of mistakes and past 'deliriousness' during profitable periods.

E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more
All-In Podcast
Founder and CEO of SoftBank, mentioned in the context of outbidding others with massive valuations for large bets in competitive private markets.

Hiroshi Mikitani at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
Executive at SoftBank who contacted Hiroshi Mikitani about investing in Rakuten before its IPO.

E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump's next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a potential investor who might consider coming into San Francisco.

GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity?
All-In Podcast
Founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, who 'carved out' Yahoo! Japan, allowing it to remain independent and dominant.

Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues
All-In Podcast
Sought to raise a billion dollars from him for an AI chip project and an 'iPhone killer'.

E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
All-In Podcast
Founder and CEO of SoftBank, whose belief in the 'singularity' and general-purpose AI influenced SoftBank's acquisition of Boston Dynamics.