Khashoggi crisis shines light on Saudi ties to Silicon Valley

Khashoggi crisis shines light on Saudi ties to Silicon Valley

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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.