Japanese investment group SoftBank said it’s paying $5.38 billion for the robotics division of Swiss-Swedish engineering company ABB to advance a bet on what it calls artificial super intelligence.

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The transaction is the latest in a series of investments and acquisitions relating to the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Morrison Foerster has advised longtime client SoftBank ...

SoftBank Acquires ABB’s Robotics Business for $5.4B Your email has been sent SoftBank has struck a definitive deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, doubling down on founder ...

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging technology in ...

[TOKYO] SoftBank Group said on Wednesday (Oct 8) it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a US$5.4 billion deal. The deal marks a major push by SoftBank founder and ...