{"id":3696338,"date":"2026-04-30T16:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3696338"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:08:34","slug":"softbank-planning-100-billion-us-robotics-and-ai-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/technology\/2026\/softbank-planning-100-billion-us-robotics-and-ai-company\/","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank Planning $100 Billion US Robotics and AI Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japanese conglomerate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.softbank.jp\/en\/\">SoftBank<\/a>\u00a0reportedly plans to create an American artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics company.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2699550\">\n<div 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