Masayoshi, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group, spoke at a SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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SoftBank Group On Thursday, fiscal first-quarter profit exceeded expectations, driven by earnings from its Vision Fund Tech Investment division.
According to LSEG consensus estimates, the Japanese giant reported 421.8 billion yen ($2.87 billion) in the quarter ended in June, with an expected 127.6 million yen. This is SoftBank’s second consecutive quarter profit. The company reported a loss of 174.28 billion yen a year ago.
In the first quarter, SoftBank said the value of its Vision Fund increased by $4.8 billion. Vision Fund’s profits took into account other factors, such as expenses, which hit 451.4 billion yen in the quarter, compared with losses a year earlier.
SoftBank has been spending on AI-related expenses. The Japanese giant is Leading a $40 billion funding round Enter chatgpt developer Openai, currently waiting for it $6.5 Recommended to acquire AI chip company Ampere Computing closure.
Meanwhile, SoftBank is an important company in the US $500 billion Stargate project, aiming to build data centers and AI infrastructure in the country. Investors are waiting for details on how SoftBank plans to fund the expenditure.
In May, SoftBank released its first annual profit in the four years of the fiscal year ending March, which helped the gains in SoftBank’s old investments Alibaba,,,,, T-Mobile and Deutsche Telecom.
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