Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has sold its stake in US chipmaker Nvidia for $5.8 billion, signalling a strategic pivot toward artificial intelligence investments , particularly in OpenAI , the company said on Tuesday, AP reported. The tech conglomerate also reported that its profit nearly tripled in the first half of the current fiscal year, driven by strong returns from its Vision Funds.
The Tokyo-based firm said the Nvidia shares were sold in October as part of Chairman Masayoshi Son’s broader plan to redirect resources toward next-generation AI ventures. SoftBank’s net profit for the April–September period surged to about 2.5 trillion yen (roughly $13 billion), while sales rose 7.7 per cent year-on-year to 3.7 trillion yen ($24 billion).
SoftBank’s earnings tend to fluctuate sharply due to its exposure to multiple high-growth and high-risk ventures. However, its tech-heavy portfolio has seen a rebound in 2025 amid the global AI boom.
Earlier this year, Son joined US President Donald Trump, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison in announcing Project Stargate -- a proposed $500 billion mega-initiative to develop AI infrastructure and computing power.
SoftBank has already invested tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI and plans to expand AI services in Japan through the collaboration. The sale of its Nvidia stake marks a deliberate reallocation of capital -- locking in gains from Nvidia’s meteoric rise while freeing funds for direct AI ventures.
Nvidia recently became the world’s first $5 trillion company, fuelled by soaring demand for AI chips. The company has also announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI to build at least 10 gigawatts of new AI data centres to boost computing capacity.
While SoftBank no longer holds Nvidia stock, it maintains ties through various portfolio companies that use Nvidia technology in AI and robotics. SoftBank also holds stakes in Arm Holdings and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), both of which have benefited from the AI-driven surge in chip demand.
SoftBank’s stock has nearly doubled over the past year, rising 2 per cent in Tokyo trading on Tuesday. Nvidia shares slipped 1.3 per cent in premarket trading after climbing 5.8 per cent on Monday.
The company’s latest move cements Masayoshi Son’s aggressive shift toward becoming a global powerhouse in artificial intelligence -- a bet that echoes his early vision for the future of computing.
The Tokyo-based firm said the Nvidia shares were sold in October as part of Chairman Masayoshi Son’s broader plan to redirect resources toward next-generation AI ventures. SoftBank’s net profit for the April–September period surged to about 2.5 trillion yen (roughly $13 billion), while sales rose 7.7 per cent year-on-year to 3.7 trillion yen ($24 billion).
SoftBank’s earnings tend to fluctuate sharply due to its exposure to multiple high-growth and high-risk ventures. However, its tech-heavy portfolio has seen a rebound in 2025 amid the global AI boom.
Earlier this year, Son joined US President Donald Trump, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison in announcing Project Stargate -- a proposed $500 billion mega-initiative to develop AI infrastructure and computing power.
SoftBank has already invested tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI and plans to expand AI services in Japan through the collaboration. The sale of its Nvidia stake marks a deliberate reallocation of capital -- locking in gains from Nvidia’s meteoric rise while freeing funds for direct AI ventures.
Nvidia recently became the world’s first $5 trillion company, fuelled by soaring demand for AI chips. The company has also announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI to build at least 10 gigawatts of new AI data centres to boost computing capacity.
While SoftBank no longer holds Nvidia stock, it maintains ties through various portfolio companies that use Nvidia technology in AI and robotics. SoftBank also holds stakes in Arm Holdings and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), both of which have benefited from the AI-driven surge in chip demand.
SoftBank’s stock has nearly doubled over the past year, rising 2 per cent in Tokyo trading on Tuesday. Nvidia shares slipped 1.3 per cent in premarket trading after climbing 5.8 per cent on Monday.
The company’s latest move cements Masayoshi Son’s aggressive shift toward becoming a global powerhouse in artificial intelligence -- a bet that echoes his early vision for the future of computing.
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