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TechCrunch Apr 30, 2026 at 03:58 Startups Rising Hot

SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO

You need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.

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Apr 30, 2026 at 03:58 TechCrunch

SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO

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