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SoftBank’s $5.4B Leap Into “Physical AI”

Oct 8, 2025

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13 min read

SoftBank’s $5.4B Leap Into “Physical AI”

Masayoshi Son just bought ABB’s robotics arm to fuse machines with intelligence—betting this decade’s AI boom will be built, not coded.

Bo Nichols

The Shutdown Economy: Who Survives When D.C. Goes Dark

Oct 7, 2025

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10 min read

The Shutdown Economy: Who Survives When D.C. Goes Dark

From startups gasping for cash to defense giants eyeing fire-sale deals...the shutdown has become the new business cycle.

Bo Nichols

Follow the Money in AI | The Three Stocks Catching Every Venture Dollar | How Microsoft Quietly Controls the Next Cycle

Oct 6, 2025

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10 min read

Follow the Money in AI | The Three Stocks Catching Every Venture Dollar | How Microsoft Quietly Controls the Next Cycle

Capital is concentrating in AI and compute ...Microsoft’s playbook, Nvidia’s backlog, and ARM’s royalty growth show where the real liquidity cycle lives.

Bo Nichols