--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "5053787948d1ca210c8654901d5872d288acf62444b13db1e60ec1ed81409729" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/50537879?lang=en" title: "Sources: SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve their operations with AI and other advanced tech (Financial Times)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-09T05:05:01.000Z" category: "Funding" topics: ["funding"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261009/p2","https://x.com/FT/status/2108420419027972576","https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2108423728891912323","https://x.com/zephyr_z9/status/2108428998862876686","https://huggingnews.com/business/softbank-seeks-100b-from-gulf-investors-to-scale-ai-b7dbfc5d","https://marketbrief.now/business/softbank-seeks-100b-from-gulf-investors-to-scale-ai-b7dbfc5d"] summary: "SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve operations with AI and other advanced tech. CEO Masayoshi Son has held talks with senior figures in the UAE." --- # Sources: SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve their operations with AI and other advanced tech \(Financial Times\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-09T05:05:01.000Z **Category:** Funding **Topics:** funding ## Summary SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve operations with AI and other advanced tech\. CEO Masayoshi Son has held talks with senior figures in the UAE\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]()