SoftBank Building $100B AI and Robotics Giant Called Roze

SoftBank is cooking up something massive. The Japanese conglomerate plans to create a brand-new AI and robotics company called Roze, based in the United States, with ambitions to build data centers and chase a $100 billion valuation.

Masayoshi Son is targeting an IPO for Roze as soon as 2026. That's an absurdly aggressive timeline for a company that doesn't technically exist yet — but this is the same guy who bet $100 billion on the Vision Fund, so audacity is kind of his thing.

The venture would sit at the intersection of AI infrastructure and robotics, two sectors attracting enormous capital right now. Building data centers puts Roze squarely in the infrastructure race powering the current AI boom.

A $100B listing target would make Roze one of the largest tech IPOs ever attempted straight out of the gate.