SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is doubling down on the company’s AI investments with his plan to create and list Roze in the U.S. According to the Financial Times, this startup will focus on AI and robotics and is designed to help build data centers. More importantly, Son said that he’s aiming for a $100 billion valuation for the company and plans to list it as early as this year.
The Japanese telecom and investment firm is one of the biggest investors in AI and tech. It partnered with OpenAI and Oracle in early 2025 to invest $500 billion in the Stargate project, although it has since faced issues, and OpenAI has reportedly abandoned first-party data centers in favor of leasing compute. It’s also building a 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio, powered by a $33 billion natural gas plant funded by the Japanese government.
