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  "title": "Sources: SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a $6B valuation; 1X sought $1B at a $10B valuation in 2025, but raised <50% (The Information)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/sources-softbank-is-in-talks-to-buy-a-majority-stake-in-humanoid",
  "topic": "finance",
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  "published": "2026-08-27T02:40:01.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/softbank-talks-buy-majority-stake-humanoid-maker-1x-6-billion-valuation"
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  "summary": "SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in 1X Technologies, an OpenAI-backed humanoid robot developer …",
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        "title": "SoftBank in talks to buy stake in 1X at $6 billion valuation, The Information reports",
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "SoftBank in talks to buy stake in 1X at US$bil valuation",
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "SoftBank in talks to buy stake in humanoid developer 1X at US$6 billion valuation: report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/softbank-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-humanoid-developer-1x-at-us-6",
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