SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund Leads $70M Series A Round for Indian AI Startup
SoftBank Vision Fund led a $70 million Series A funding round for Indian AI startup Emergent, joined by Khosla Ventures. This investment expands SoftBank Group’s AI portfolio and underscores its ongoing commitment to AI infrastructure startups.
1. SoftBank Corp. Unveils Infrinia AI Cloud OS
SoftBank Corp. today introduced Infrinia AI Cloud OS, a comprehensive software stack engineered by its Infrinia Team for next-generation AI data centers. Developed over an 18-month R&D cycle, the platform integrates workload orchestration, automated resource scaling and low-latency networking modules to support GPU clusters of up to 10,000 cores. According to SoftBank, Infrinia AI Cloud OS reduces inter-node communication overhead by 40% compared to legacy solutions and accelerates model training throughput by up to 2.5×. Pilot deployments are already underway at three major SoftBank research facilities, with commercial availability slated for Q4 2026.
2. SoftBank Vision Fund Leads $70 Million Series B in Indian Startup Emergent
SoftBank’s Vision Fund co-led a $70 million funding round for Emergent, an Indian software application maker specializing in AI-driven enterprise search and automation. Joined by Khosla Ventures, the Series B round values Emergent at $350 million post-money and will finance expansion of its R&D operations in Bengaluru and London. SoftBank’s contribution—totaling $40 million—will support the rollout of Emergent’s Cortex AI platform into manufacturing and logistics verticals, where early adopters report a 30% reduction in manual process time. The deal marks SoftBank’s third major AI investment in India this year.