The artificial intelligence boom — which has already attracted hundreds of billions of dollars in financing, funding rounds and partnerships — is driving a wave of data center takeover talks, too.
SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to buy private equity firm DigitalBridge Group Inc. for about $3 billion in cash, part of the Japanese conglomerate’s push to invest in data centers and other digital infrastructure fueling the artificial intelligence boom.
At CES, the annual consumer technology conference happening in Las Vegas next week, the biggest names in tech, including Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd., will make the case for artificial intelligence. Their target audience those few days: investors, corporate clients and — perhaps just as importantly — ordinary shoppers who have yet to be fully sold on the idea of AI-infused gadgets.
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, in the second installment of our reports looking ahead to tech trends in 2026, Ian King writes that watching the less-publicized chipmakers may be a better way of assessing the future of artificial intelligence than keeping an eye on market leader Nvidia.
SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group Inc., a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
With more than 30 million downloads, Umamusume: Pretty Derby has generated anime adaptations, live concerts and a new legion of racetrack fans.
China is about to start paying interest on its official digital currency in a fresh push to get more people to use it after about a decade of development and testing.
Thailand’s beleaguered initial public offering scene is set to remain subdued as the country’s market revamp needs time to stave off companies listing elsewhere, a senior official said.
Coupang is offering compensation worth more than $1 billion to all customers affected by South Korea’s biggest-ever data breach.
It was another year of high-conviction bets — and fast reversals.
