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SoftBank pursues majority stake in home humanoid maker 1X

Masayoshi Son, chairman of SoftBank Group, photographed in May 2025 at the group's Tokyo headquarters

SoftBank is in talks to acquire a majority stake in 1X Technologies, the Norwegian humanoid robot maker backed by OpenAI, The Information reports. A deal would value the startup at roughly $6 billion.

August 28, 20263 min read

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