Undeterred by Saudi controversy, SoftBank Vision Fund invests $1.1b in window glass maker

Undeterred by Saudi controversy, SoftBank Vision Fund invests $1.1b in window glass maker

View's glass in use at the Charlotte Douglass International Airport. Source: View website

Despite the recent assassination of a journalist by Saudi Arabian agents and an ensuing global controversy, Masayoshi Son and his Saudi-backed SoftBank Vision Fund appear as bold and extravagant as ever. On Friday, the investment firm plans to announce it has sunk $1.1 billion into View Inc., a Silicon Valley-based maker of glass used in internet-connected windowpanes.

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