Yo Adrian! SoftBank's Vision Fund Takes a Punch, But Rocky's Still Standing!

Gonna Fly Now...Or Maybe Later?

Listen Adrian! This SoftBank thing it's like training for Apollo Creed. Sometimes you're flyin' high runnin' up those steps feelin' like ya own the world. And sometimes ya get knocked down harder than I did in the fifth round! This year their Vision Fund took a bit of a beatin'. They made some money sure about 434.9 billion yen but that's like gettin' a pat on the back when you were aimin' for the knockout. It's down 40% from last year see? Like Paulie always says 'Life's a bum ya know?'

ByteDance Saves the Round!

In the last quarter they got a little boost thanks to ByteDance you know the TikTok folks. That's like Mickey givin' me the pep talk before the last round. 'Get up ya son of a… cause Mickey loves ya!' But overall the Vision Fund still ended up in the red losin' about 115 billion yen. That's a lot of clams Adrian! It's enough to buy a whole lotta turtles for the neighborhood kids.

Didi and Coupang: Friends in High Places

They did alright with Didi and Coupang those are like the good guys in your corner. But other investments like AutoStore took a dive. It's like when your investments take a fall you have to hit back harder. Gotta have that Eye of the Tiger Adrian!

AI Dreams and Stargate Schemes

Now Masayoshi Son he's got this big idea about AI. He wants SoftBank to be the main man the champ in that arena. They're bettin' big on OpenAI the guys who made ChatGPT. Thirty billion dollars Adrian! That's more than I ever made in all my fights! And they're talkin' 'bout this Stargate thing this AI infrastructure project. But some folks are wonderin' how they're gonna pay for all this. Like Mickey used to say 'Too much is not enough'. Maybe sellin' some of their chips like Arm is the answer?

Fake News? Yo Adrian!

Some news folks are sayin' banks are gettin' cold feet 'bout fundin' SoftBank's plans but their money man Yoshimitsu Goto he's sayin' that's baloney. 'We're makin' progress,' he says. They got like a hundred places they're lookin' at to build these data centers startin' in Texas. It's like when Apollo Creed told me 'ain't gonna be no rematch' but I came back harder didn't I Adrian? Gotta believe in yourself.

Knocked Down Got Up: The Final Bell

Even with the Vision Fund takin' a hit SoftBank made a profit this year! 1.15 trillion yen Adrian! That's thanks to some old friends like Alibaba T Mobile and Deutsche Telekom. They're like my old buddies always there to lend a hand. And Arm the chip company helped out too. So even though they took a punch they're still standin'. It ain't about how hard you can hit but about how hard you can get hit and keep movin' forward. Right Adrian? Right.