{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"pif-softbank-vision-fund-mou","event_date":"2016-10-14","published":"2026-10-03","category":"investment","importance":2,"title":{"en":"PIF and SoftBank sign MoU for tech-focused Vision Fund","ar":"صندوق الاستثمارات العامة وسوفت بنك يوقعان مذكرة تفاهم لإنشاء «صندوق الرؤية» للاستثمار التقني"},"summary":{"en":"Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Japan's SoftBank Group signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding on 14 October 2016 to create the SoftBank Vision Fund for global technology investment. SoftBank would commit at least $25 billion over five years, while PIF would consider investing up to $45 billion, and the fund could reach $100 billion with other investors. The deal was the first large-scale link between PIF capital and global technology and AI investing.","ar":"وقّع صندوق الاستثمارات العامة السعودي ومجموعة سوفت بنك اليابانية في 14 أكتوبر 2016 مذكرة تفاهم غير ملزمة لإنشاء «صندوق الرؤية» التابع لسوفت بنك للاستثمار التقني عالمياً. وتعهدت سوفت بنك بضخ ما لا يقل عن 25 مليار دولار على مدى خمس سنوات، فيما سينظر صندوق الاستثمارات العامة في الاستثمار بما يصل إلى 45 مليار دولار، مع إمكانية أن يبلغ حجم الصندوق 100 مليار دولار بمشاركة مستثمرين آخرين. وشكّلت الصفقة أول ارتباط واسع النطاق بين رأس مال صندوق الاستثمارات العامة والاستثمار التقني والذكاء الاصطناعي عالمياً."},"entities":["PIF","SoftBank Group","SoftBank Vision Fund"],"figures":[{"label":"PIF potential commitment","label_ar":"التزام صندوق الاستثمارات العامة المحتمل","value":45,"unit":"USD bn"},{"label":"SoftBank commitment","label_ar":"التزام سوفت بنك","value":25,"unit":"USD bn"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.arabnews.com/business/japans-softbank-signs-mou-with-public-investment-fund-of-saudi-arabia-997671","publisher":"Arab News","title":"Japan's SoftBank signs MoU with Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia","published":"2016-10-14"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/pif-softbank-vision-fund-mou","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/pif-softbank-vision-fund-mou","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/pif-softbank-vision-fund-mou.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/pif-softbank-vision-fund-mou.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/pif-softbank-vision-fund-mou.jpg"}}