# SoftBank **Domain:** Technology Investment / Telecommunications / AI Infrastructure **Doc Type:** Institution Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **SoftBank Group is a technology investment group founded by Masayoshi Son.** In this corpus it is distinct from the Japanese operating company SoftBank Corp. and from individual portfolio companies. ## Crown Jewel position [[articles/Pax Silica's Crown Jewel|Pax Silica's Crown Jewel]] gives SoftBank a coordinating role across AI capital, [[wiki/Stargate Project|Stargate]], [[wiki/SB Energy|SB Energy]], Arm, and the successive ownership history of [[wiki/Boston Dynamics|Boston Dynamics]]. The Texas domestic mirror follows this network into data-center sites, energy development, and the acquired 3M Austin research campus. Investment, ownership, contracts, and board roles establish specific relationships. They do not make every portfolio company one command structure; the article's integrated-network reading remains an interpretation of the topology. ## Routes [[wiki/Stargate Project|Stargate Project]] · [[wiki/SB Energy|SB Energy]] · [[wiki/3M Austin Center|3M Austin Center]] · [[wiki/Boston Dynamics|Boston Dynamics]] · [[wiki/OpenAI|OpenAI]] · [[wiki/Oracle|Oracle]] ## Sources / Provenance - SoftBank, [Masayoshi Son biography](https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/aboutus/profile/officer/son/). - [[articles/Pax Silica's Crown Jewel|Pax Silica's Crown Jewel]] — source of the Texas network interpretation.