SoftBank is pulling back from one of its landmark bets. The Japanese tech giant just struck a deal to offload a major chunk of its InMobi holdings back to the mobile ad firm itself—price tag hovering around $250 million. This move essentially unwinds a historic investment that put InMobi on the map as India's very first unicorn back in 2011. For context, this was SoftBank's early gamble on India's digital advertising boom. Now they're cashing out, signaling a shift in strategy or perhaps just locking in returns after over a decade. InMobi, once the poster child of Indian tech success, is buying back control—whether that's a power move or damage control remains to be seen.