软银集团据悉正考虑收购美国最大的安保服务公司Allied Universal，知情人士透露，创始人孙正义正在探索在各行业部署人工智能驱动机器人的方式。
SoftBank Group is considering an acquisition of Allied Universal, the largest security services company in the U.S., people familiar with the matter said, as founder Masayoshi Son explores ways to deploy AI-powered robots across industries.
知情人士称，此次潜在交易可能使非上市的Allied估值高达180亿美元。这些人士因 deliberations 为私密而要求匿名。
The potential transaction may give closely held Allied an equity value of as much as $18 billion, said some of the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private.
该安保公司的支持者包括私募股权公司Warburg Pincus和加拿大养老基金La Caisse，据彭博社编译的数据显示，其此外还有约120亿美元的公开交易债务，涵盖贷款和债券。这可能使总交易价值接近300亿美元。
The security company, whose backers include private equity firm Warburg Pincus and Canadian pension fund La Caisse, also has about $12 billion of publicly traded debt, across loans and bonds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That could bring a total deal value close to $30 billion.