By Adam Spatacco
Publication Date: 2025-11-17 13:03:00
Even without a stake in the GPU leader, SoftBank has a lot going on in the world of AI right now.
Given the unprecedented level of demand Nvidia (NVDA +1.68%) continues to witness from data centers for its graphics processing units (GPUs) and related services, the company is widely regarded as a measuring stick for the health of the artificial intelligence (AI) sector.
On Nov. 19, the parallel processor king is scheduled to report its results for the third quarter. Curiously, however, filings have revealed that Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank just unloaded its entire stake in Nvidia for a cool $5.8 billion.
Let’s break down what may have influenced SoftBank’s decision to cash out of Nvidia and whether this is a bearish signal to investors in the chip stock.
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Why did SoftBank take its profits in Nvidia?
The slide below was buried deep within SoftBank’s most recent financial update. As it shows, the firm sold its position in Nvidia for about 867 billion yen (roughly $5.8 billion).
Image source: SoftBank.
While that figure may be the biggest attention-grabber on the slide, SoftBank provided investors with a good deal of useful information pertaining to why the company took its gains. First, SoftBank, along with Oracle and OpenAI, is a leader of Project Stargate. That joint…
