Tokyo stocks were sharply higher Wednesday morning, led by rises in SoftBank Group following news it would be part of a massive artif
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later. For a Japan Inc anxious ab
Tokyo stocks ended sharply higher Wednesday, driven by gains in semiconductor-related shares following news that SoftBank Group will
SoftBank in India, like in many other parts of the world, is known for its investment in budding startups in various technologically driven avenues. On Wednesday, January 22, the company shares soared in the equity markets in Tokyo. The shares of the Japanese investment group rose after getting a much-needed boost from an unlikely source.
Shares in Japanese tech behemoth SoftBank Group soared more than eight percent on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced a major investment to build AI infrastructure.
The rapid development of AI systems over the past two years has stretched American infrastructure, with data centres emerging as a particular bottleneck. Cutting-edge chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude require enormous amounts of data and computing power to train and run.
Two weeks before taking office, Trump announced a $20 billion investment from Dubai-based billionaire Hussain Sajwani for new data centers across the US.
Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks are lifting U.S. indexes as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence
President Trump unveiled the AI initiative on Tuesday alongside the executives of OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank.
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a higher open on Wednesday, with stocks likely to add to the gains posted in
Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming US President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant pig farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment record.