Controversy Project
After many years, Masayoshi Son, who has retired age, is on the hot search again, this time related to artificial intelligence. Many people may not know who Son is, but if you want to say that you were the first investment boss who valued Alibaba and gave Ma Yun a lot of financial support, everyone has an impression.
In 1999, Masayoshi Son, who was the founder of SoftBank Capital at the time, gave Ma Yun 5 minutes to meet, that is, in this short 5 minutes, Son Masayoshi immediately decided to invest 20 million US dollars in Alibaba, and in 2004, he invested an additional 40 million US dollars, and SoftBank Capital once became the largest shareholder of Alibaba.
Ali is also Son's most proud investment case, earning 111.5 billion US dollars, which is nearly 800 billion yuanUp to now, the development of the Internet has entered the slow laneMasayoshi Son and Jack Ma parted ways, turned around and aimed at artificial intelligence again, threatening to spend a total of $100 billion, with the goal of PK with AI giant Nvidia. In Son's own words, SoftBank is about to launch a ** and intends to lead the revolution in artificial intelligence technology.
Like the Internet industrial revolution and the new energy vehicle revolution of the year, artificial intelligence, as the most popular spicy chicken, has attracted the attention of global capital, who invests more in this game, the faster it runs, and can take away the most dividends, whether it is the United States, Japan or our country, capital is catching up, and SoftBank is no exception.
There are three main reasons why Son is spending a lot of money on artificial intelligence.
First of all, Masayoshi Son has earned and tasted the sweetness in this wave of artificial intelligence. Recently, the world has been paying attention to a company called arm, why is this company so eye-catching? 2Listed in the United States in 023, the stock price has more than tripled in less than a year, and Son holds 80% of the company's shares, earning about 600 billion yuan in this wave, it can really be said that it is either not opened, and it will be open for three years.
What exactly does this company called ARM do? His business model is mainly technology licensing, to put it simply, my own research and development of technology patents, licensing to other companies to use, by leasing patents to make money, because the entire semiconductor industry has begun to recover, ARM released the annual report data shows that the company's patent licensing revenue growth is strong, especially the company has developed a product called V9 mobile phone architecture, which is considered to catch up with the tuyere of artificial intelligence,In the third quarter of 2023, ARM's operating income will be as high as 8$2.4 billion, far higher than the market's **7$600 million, and as a result, the stock price went crazy.
Soon, with the lifting of the ban on shares, Son Masayoshi will be able to ** shares in the secondary market, and after the money is in hand, the first thing he thinks about is to continue digging and digging in the garden of artificial intelligence, waiting for the next fruit to ripen.
The second reason, some people say, Son Masayoshi is trying to take the opportunity to make money. According to his investment plan, of the $100 billion used to build an artificial intelligence company, SoftBank itself only contributed 30 billionIn other words, the remaining seventy percent of the majority will go to the market to raise funds, who is targeted by Son? It's a money-rich Middle Eastern bigwig.
In other words, if the Middle East tycoon really gave SoftBank the 70 billion US dollars, the company was completed, listed, and everyone made money, of course, it was hello, I am hello, everyone, but if it fails, this is a naked investment, the Middle East tycoon can neither ask Son for interest, nor can he ask for principal, in other words, Son wants to use a small amount of money to leverage large funds, whether the company succeeds or not, for SoftBank, it is a deal worth trying.
This is the same as Hong Kong tycoon Liu Luanxiong's investment in Evergrande is a reason, if he is lending money to Xu Jiayin, Xu Jiayin does not go in or not, as long as he is alive, the money must be repaid, and he can sue the court, but Liu Luanxiong did not lend the money to Xu Jiayin, but directly bought Evergrande's **, now, although the stock price has fallen by 99%, billions of funds can be said to be lost, just this, Liu Luanxiong can't give Evergrande at all, he can only admit that he is unlucky.
Someone must say that such a high-risk thing, if it were me, I would not want to invest my money in Masayoshi Son, but the Middle East bigwigs don't think so, engage in artificial intelligence, the barren land of the Middle East is estimated to be impossible, go to the United States, it seems too late now, Microsoft, Apple and Google have already entered the game, it is better to start a new company in Asia, at least Masayoshi Son is still the top of the Asian investment circle, and it is generally reliable.
Son is betting heavily on artificial intelligence, and some say he wants to play big before he retires. The project has not yet started, and Masayoshi Son has given a resounding name, called Izanagi [qí] which means creator in Japanese, and the English writing of this name ends with three letters of agi, which happens to be the same as the abbreviation of artificial intelligence, which shows that Masayoshi Son wants to make SoftBank the leader of global artificial intelligence, no matter what, first get the momentum up, which also shows Son's determination and attitude.
The global technological revolution is almost clear, and the gold rush brought by artificial intelligence, like computer technology and new energy technology back then, can make money and burn money, fighting for speed and strength. The American chip giant Nvidia has occupied 80% of the market share in the field of artificial intelligence chips, with the gradual increase of back-end application products, such a large market, Nvidia family can not eat, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Chaowei Semiconductor all want to share a piece of the cake, of course, there is also Son Masayoshi in the Asian investment circle.
It is reported thatThe CEO of Open AI has said that in the next few years, a total of 5 trillion to 7 trillion US dollars will be invested to build dozens of chip manufacturing enterprises, so as to fully prepare for the arrival of the climax of the technological revolution in the artificial intelligence industry.
The European and American markets are in full swing, Asia is quiet, Son Masayoshi announced a 100 billion investment plan, it seems that he wants to kill a bloody way for Asian artificial intelligence, this plan has also attracted a large number of investors, it is said that meetings and negotiations are already underway, whether Son can succeed this time, I don't know what you think?