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title: "AI funding rounds led by SoftBank Group"
description: "SoftBank Group led or co-led 2 funding rounds at 2 AI companies on Presspool's record, announced between January 14, 2026 and November 12, 2026. The most recent: Agile Robots and Skild AI. The record also names it as an investor in 1 round it did not lead."
canonical: "https://presspool.ai/investors/softbank-group"
last-updated: "2026-11-14"
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# AI funding rounds led by SoftBank Group

SoftBank Group led or co-led 2 funding rounds at 2 AI companies on Presspool's record, announced between January 14, 2026 and November 12, 2026. The most recent: Agile Robots and Skild AI. The record also names it as an investor in 1 round it did not lead.

Lead investor · Latest round November 12, 2026 · Updated November 14, 2026 · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/investors/softbank-group

| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Co-leads |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Agile Robots](https://presspool.ai/companies/agile-robots-com) | $500 million | Series F | November 12, 2026 | None named |
| [Skild AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/skild-ai) | $1.4B | Series C | January 14, 2026 | None named |

## Rounds by year

| Year | Rounds led | Rounds joined | Total led, in dollars | Round types led |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | $1.9 billion | Series F, Series C |

## Rounds it joined without leading

Rounds whose entry on the record names SoftBank Group as an investor, newest first.

- [ASI](https://presspool.ai/companies/asirobots-com): $225 million, round type not disclosed, announced September 24, 2026. Named as an investor. Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for September 21–26, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-09-21). Sources: [ASI](https://asirobots.com/asi-and-softbank-group-form-joint-venture-to-advance-autonomous-construction-at-scale), [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/softbank-asi-225m-autonomous-construction).

## Maps its companies are on

- On the [Physical AI map](https://presspool.ai/niches/physical-ai) in the weekly sample of November 9, 2026: [Skild AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/skild-ai), named or cited in 23 of 48 answers; [Agile Robots](https://presspool.ai/companies/agile-robots-com), named or cited in 1 of 48 answers; [ASI](https://presspool.ai/companies/asirobots-com), named or cited in 0 of 48 answers.

## Co-investors

Investors named with SoftBank Group on the rounds above: Hitachi Ventures).

## Each round and its sources

### 1. Agile Robots: $500 million Series F

Valued at $8.5 billion. NVIDIA, Hitachi Group (Hitachi and Hitachi Ventures) and T.Capital also participated; total funding raised reaches $2 billion.

- Announced: November 12, 2026
- Company record: [Agile Robots on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/agile-robots-com)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for November 8–14, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-09)
- Sources: [Agile Robots announcement](https://www.agile-robots.com/en/news/detail/physical-ai-leader-agile-robots-raises-500-million-series-f-funding/), [Tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/11/12/softbank-leads-500m-funding-round-in-agile-robots/)

### 2. Skild AI: $1.4B Series C

- Announced: January 14, 2026
- Company record: [Skild AI on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/skild-ai)
- Sources: [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260114335623/en/Skild-AI-Raises-$1.4B-Now-Valued-Over-$14B)

## What this page covers

Presspool records the lead investors of each round, as the company's announcement or the confirming outlets name them, and the other investors the round's entry names. This page lists the rounds this investor led on Presspool's record: every weekly AI startup funding roster, and the latest round of each company on a niche map. A round it joined without leading is listed when the round's entry names it, matched only to firms the record names as some round's lead. It is not the investor's full portfolio: rounds its sources did not name it in are not listed.

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