SoftBank investments in goes way back to mid 2010s.
Japanese tech giant has announced its plans to invest a significant sum in the development of an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model, leveraging
Investment set to a whopping $960 million over the next two years to create a cutting-edge Japanese-language-specific generative AI model and enhance its computing facilities, as reported by Nikkei on Monday.
These large language models (LLM) necessitate advanced graphics processing units, which SoftBank intends to acquire from Nvidia, the report stated, citing anonymous sources.
Once the investment is completed, SoftBank is expected to possess the most powerful computing capabilities in Japan, potentially making it the largest investment of its kind by any Japanese company.