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SoftBank Group news archive

MEKAWIRE has published 9 stories about SoftBank Group since Jul 28, 2025; the latest is from Mar 24, 2026.

Data as of Oct 15, 2026. Included: company announcements, regulator filings and reported rounds; estimates and sample rows are excluded, and undisclosed amounts are never estimated.

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Jul 28, 2025

Latest story

Mar 24, 2026

Stories about SoftBank Group

Agile Robots signs Google DeepMind research pact to run Gemini Robotics models on its industrial robots, widening Google's hardware bench
Date
Mar 24, 2026
Type
Partnership
EU clears SoftBank's $5.4 billion ABB Robotics deal, a price of 17 times EBITDA to give its robot AI a body
Date
Mar 11, 2026
Type
M&A
Symbotic lifts revenue 29% to $630 million and swings to profit, but Walmart still supplies 86% of sales
Date
Feb 4, 2026
Type
Business
Teradyne's robotics arm shrinks 16% to $308 million in 2025 and restructures about 400 jobs as AI test demand lifts the group
Date
Feb 2, 2026
Type
Business
ABB Robotics ends its last full year under ABB with sales up 2.8% and fourth-quarter operating income halved
Date
Jan 29, 2026
Type
Business
FANUC opens its robots to ROS 2 and NVIDIA as a record iREX 2025 turns Tokyo into a physical AI showcase
Date
Dec 3, 2025
Type
Industry
SoftBank agrees to buy ABB's robotics division for $5.375 billion, killing the planned spin-off at 17 times EBITDA
Date
Oct 8, 2025
Type
M&A
Skild AI unveils the Skild Brain, a single robot foundation model it says can drive quadrupeds, humanoids and arms alike
Date
Jul 29, 2025
Type
Product
Doosan Robotics pays $27.2 million for 89.59% of Pennsylvania integrator ONExia to sell US packaging cells built around its arms
Date
Jul 28, 2025
Type
M&A

Headline	Date	Type
Agile Robots signs Google DeepMind research pact to run Gemini Robotics models on its industrial robots, widening Google's hardware bench	Mar 24, 2026	Partnership
EU clears SoftBank's $5.4 billion ABB Robotics deal, a price of 17 times EBITDA to give its robot AI a body	Mar 11, 2026	M&A
Symbotic lifts revenue 29% to $630 million and swings to profit, but Walmart still supplies 86% of sales	Feb 4, 2026	Business
Teradyne's robotics arm shrinks 16% to $308 million in 2025 and restructures about 400 jobs as AI test demand lifts the group	Feb 2, 2026	Business
ABB Robotics ends its last full year under ABB with sales up 2.8% and fourth-quarter operating income halved	Jan 29, 2026	Business
FANUC opens its robots to ROS 2 and NVIDIA as a record iREX 2025 turns Tokyo into a physical AI showcase	Dec 3, 2025	Industry
SoftBank agrees to buy ABB's robotics division for $5.375 billion, killing the planned spin-off at 17 times EBITDA	Oct 8, 2025	M&A
Skild AI unveils the Skild Brain, a single robot foundation model it says can drive quadrupeds, humanoids and arms alike	Jul 29, 2025	Product
Doosan Robotics pays $27.2 million for 89.59% of Pennsylvania integrator ONExia to sell US packaging cells built around its arms	Jul 28, 2025	M&A

Data as of Oct 15, 2026

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