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SoftBank's pursuit of Gulf capital represents a significant strategic shift toward deploying massive liquidity to fundamentally restructure legacy enterprises through direct AI integration. This move signals that the primary hurdle for enterprise AI adoption is no longer just model development, but rather the capital and operational will to overhaul existing business models at scale.

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SoftBank Seeks Gulf Capital to Expand AI Bet

36KrOctober 9, 20261 min read

According to reports, SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100 billion from investors in the Middle East's Gulf region to further expand his massive wager on artificial intelligence. Recent media reports indicate that Son has held high-level discussions with officials from the Gulf region, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), over the past few weeks. Sources close to the matter reveal that SoftBank plans to use the newly raised funds to establish a new fund. The fund's operating model will differ from previous efforts: SoftBank intends to directly acquire traditional or tech companies and then fundamentally reshape and revamp their business operations using cutting-edge AI technology.

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