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Oct 9 2026

SoftBank seeks up to $100 billion from Gulf investors for an AI acquisition fund

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The FT reports preliminary talks, including in the UAE, for a fund that would buy established businesses and run them with AI, with the Roze robotics unit involved. Follows the $30 billion OpenAI investment and September's $11.1 billion bond sale.

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