SoftBank goes all in on AI.
Simply months after saying its involvement within the $500 billion Stargate AI Infrastructure mission, of which SoftBank is rumored to be fronting a cool $19 billion, the Japanese investing conglomerate is reportedly seeking to launch its largest AI mission but.
The corporate is seeking to workforce up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm (TSMC) to launch a trillion-dollar industrial complicated in Arizona to construct AI and robotics, in keeping with reporting from Bloomberg, citing sources acquainted with the mission.
The initiative, dubbed Mission Crystal Land, seems to nonetheless be in its very early phases. Regardless of SoftBank’s want to work with TSMC on the mission, it’s unclear what TSMC’s position could be, in keeping with Bloomberg, or if it might be all for becoming a member of forces with SoftBank in any respect — TSMC already has its personal AI infrastructure initiatives in Arizona within the works.
SoftBank declined to remark.