Masayoshi Son Plans to Establish AI Chip Company Izanagi, SoftBank Shares Surge


Cambricon tops the 2025 Hurun China AI 50 list with a valuation of 630 billion yuan, up 160% from last year. Moore Threads and MetaX rank second and third. Seven of the top ten are AI chip firms, highlighting the critical role of computing infrastructure in the era of large AI models.....
Early 2025, Trump's tariff pressures affected global technology companies. Starting in October, markets worried about the AI bubble, and investors became more cautious toward high-valued AI companies. As a major AI investor, SoftBank Group saw its stock plummet by 40% from October 31 to November 26, with a loss of nearly $50 billion in market value. This volatility was caused by multiple factors, not a single event.
Japanese SoftBank Group has applied for a $5 billion loan to strengthen its financial reserves and accelerate its AI strategy. Founder Masayoshi Son plans to use his ARM shares as collateral to obtain the loan, borrowing more funds through margin loans to support potential investments. This move aims to cope with global technology investment competition.
The chatbot application developed by Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has topped the download charts on Apple and Google app stores this week, sparking questions from Wall Street and the tech industry about the sustainability of the U.S. AI leadership and chip demand. The company is supported by quantitative fund Huanfang Quantitative and uses efficient computing technology to train AI models. Its founder, Liang Wenfeng, established the fund in 2015 and used AI to assist in trading decisions.
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, tech giants are increasingly investing in new AI chips. Recently, news about OpenAI's self-developed AI chips has attracted widespread attention in the market, but industry experts believe this will not pose a substantial threat to Nvidia's stock price. Source of the image: The image is AI-generated, and the image licensing service provider Midjourney in a recent video report analyzed Nvidia's recent market dynamics and...