Son has always been good at breaking the rules, and this time, he did it again.
Recently, the most important news from Bloomberg revealed that SoftBank's founder Masayoshi Son is preparing to launch an unprecedented adventure - raising up to 100 billion US dollars (about 700 billion yuan), intending to deepen the AI chip industry and directly challenge Nvidia's market dominance. This is another earth-shattering financial move by the AI industry after ChatGPT sparked a technological boom.
During the Lunar New Year holiday, Son's bet looked right – the share price of Arm, which he controlled, surged 93% in just three days, and its market value exceeded the trillion mark in a moment. Back then, an investment of 32 billion US dollars was exchanged for today's grand plan of 700 billion yuan, and only Son Masayoshi dared to make such a move.
I still remember that two years ago, Masayoshi Son said goodbye to his position at SoftBank and vowed to devote the rest of his life to the development of AI. Today, he and Jensen Huang will face off head-to-head in the AI space.
The 67-year-old fighter, Masayoshi Son, is leading his team to challenge Huang.
The code name of Masayoshi Son's new AI chip project"izanagi"The name represents innovation and vitality in Japanese legends, and has far-reaching meanings. AGI stands for Artificial Universal Intelligence, a symbol of Son's courageous creed and ambition.
Rumors revealed that Son had been interested in investing in another AI tech giant, but was shut down. In desperation, Son Zhengyi personally went into battle and led it himself"izanagi"project, a showdown.
Currently, Son is considering an investment plan: SoftBank will contribute $30 billion, and the rest of the money may come from a consortium in the Middle East. This is due to the excellent relationship between Masayoshi Son and investors in the Middle East, as evidenced by the success of SoftBank's vision**. If this plan is realized, it will become a giant in the AI chip industry, surpassing Microsoft's huge investment in OpenAI.
Son's move will undoubtedly make waves in the market, going head-to-head with Huang's Nvidia. At a time when AI technology has an increasing demand for computing power, the high-performance chips launched by NVIDIA have become market darlings, accounting for ninety percent of the global market share.
After investing in Arm, Son has been expecting it to play a more critical role in the AI field. Therefore,"izanagi"This plan is crucial for Son, as it will complement Arm's technology and advance the development of AI chips at the same time.
At one point, Mr. Son and Mr. Huang were almost partners, and at one point the two came close to teaming up to create an unprecedented semiconductor merger. However, the plan ultimately fell through, and the two giants will now face off directly in the field of AI chips.
Son has been emphasizing the importance of AGI on various occasions and firmly believes that this technology will completely disrupt existing intelligent systems in the future. He even came up with the concept of Super Artificial Intelligence (ASI),** which will be realized in the next two decades and possess capabilities that far surpass current human intelligence.
Under the leadership of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank is making a comprehensive layout of AI. Son's deep vision for the field is reflected in an internal AI creative contest that attracted more than 100,000 creative proposals and patented more than 10,000 of them.
Son's dedication to AI has reached a new level.
ARM's soaring market capitalization has allowed Son to turn around again in the capital market, and his confidence and determination are obvious.
At the same time, the AI industry is surging and new technologies are emerging one after another. An example of this is the SORA model released by OpenAI, which can create clear ** content based on text instructions, opening a new door for the development of AI technology. OpenAI's CEO Altman even plans to raise trillions of dollars to build multiple chip factories, a kind of audacity that coincides with Son's.
We are at the center of a new era of AI, and this journey ahead is bound to be challenging, but no one wants to be left behind. Son's words speak to the trend of the times – to embrace AI is the only way to lead the future.