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.