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Re:The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. and It’s a Nightmare by CydeWeys on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:07AM (#22065798)
And to really connect the dots here, SoftBank is Japanese and its Vision Fund is mostly Japanese and Saudi money.
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Re:The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. and It’s a Nightmare by aguyfromnb on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:33AM (#22066088)
>SoftBank is Japanese and its Vision Fund is mostly Japanese and Saudi money.

Does that money exist in a vacuum? No, it's invested in American companies, for the most part. SoftBank has set absurd valuations, which other VCs have benefited from.

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