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  • NBQ000

    SoftBank (a Japanese company) bought Boston Dynamics not long ago. I can't believe no other tech company bought them much sooner.

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    • google did, then sold to softbankhans_glib
    • Curious why. Insane stuff from them.NBQ00
    • the employees at google were protesting the nature of the business, they hate the military apparently.zarkonite
    • Ah shit, I totally forgot about that. Not fan of it either. But I thought Google works closely with the CIA and defense industry...NBQ00
    • Robots like BD's have fuck all relevant comercial value at the moment, which is why SofBank bought them, because they're shit at investing, Y! aside.Nairn
    • SoftBank are big hitters in the WeWork mess too?MrT
    • SoftBank is a huge conglomerate with investments in lots of things. This is probably a drop in the bucket for them.yuekit
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