Khashoggi crisis shines light on Saudi ties to Silicon Valley
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-khashoggi-crisis-saudi-ties-silicon.html
The most prominent of the investments was a $45 billion contribution in 2016 to the SoftBank Vision Fund launched by the Japanese conglomerate focusing on tech and startups, followed by a pledge of another $45 billion this year.
That gives the Saudis at least an indirect role in some of the hottest companies in the tech sector, including Uber, Slack, WeWork and Nvidia.
Khashoggi crisis shines light on Saudi ties to Silicon Valley
Oct 19, 2018, 5:16pm UTC
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-khashoggi-crisis-saudi-ties-silicon.html
> The most prominent of the investments was a $45 billion contribution in 2016 to the SoftBank Vision Fund launched by the Japanese conglomerate focusing on tech and startups, followed by a pledge of another $45 billion this year.
> That gives the Saudis at least an indirect role in some of the hottest companies in the tech sector, including Uber, Slack, WeWork and Nvidia.