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SoftBank

Focus: Robotics & hardware, AI

SoftBank took part in 3 of the startup funding rounds we tracked in 2026, leading or co-leading 2 worth $123.4bn. By money raised, its biggest sectors were AI and Robotics & hardware. The largest was OpenAI's $122bn Growth round.

Deployed as lead$123.4bn

Rounds led2

Rounds joined3

Largest round$122bn

Rounds led (2)

OpenAIGrowth · AI · San Francisco · 31 Mar$122bn Skild AISeries C · Robotics & hardware · Pittsburgh · 14 Jan$1.4bn

Also invested (1)

Kandou AISeries A · Robotics & hardware · Saint-Sulpice · 23 Mar$225m

By sector

AI$122bn Robotics & hardware$1.63bn

By stage

Series A$225m Series C$1.4bn Growth$122bn

Co-investors

Sequoia Capital2 rounds Andreessen Horowitz1 round D. E. Shaw Ventures1 round MGX1 round TPG1 round T. Rowe Price1 round Amazon1 round NVIDIA1 round Microsoft1 round BlackRock1 round