SoftBank's Billion-Dollar Bet: Switching From Startups To Semiconductors, AI
SoftBank's Billion-Dollar Bet: Switching From Startups To Semiconductors, AI
SoftBank Group Corp's (OTC:SFTBF) (OTC:SFTBY) founder Masayoshi Son is pivoting from venture capital to investments in semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI).
軟銀集團公司(場外交易代碼:SFTBF)(場外交易代碼:SFTBY)的創始人孫正義正在從風險投資轉向對半導體和人工智能(AI)的投資。
Since the end of 2021, the firm's flagship Vision Fund has been divesting or marking down billions of dollars in publicly listed holdings. It has reportedly reduced its U.S.-listed portfolio by nearly $29 billion.
自2021年底以來,該公司的旗艦願景基金一直在剝離或降價數十億美元的上市股份。據報道,它已將其在美國上市的投資組合減少了近290億美元。
The fund, once a major force in technology, has also cut back on staff and slowed its investment rate, Bloomberg reports.
彭博社報道,該基金曾經是科技領域的主要力量,但也裁員並放緩了投資率。
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Masayoshi Son's liquidating assets from the fund's portfolio comes on the heels of a successful initial public offering of Arm Holdings Plc (NASDAQ:ARM).
在Arm Holdings Plc(納斯達克股票代碼:ARM)成功進行首次公開募股之後,孫正義清算了該基金投資組合中的資產。
Since then, Arm's market value skyrocketed to about $106 billion. This makes SoftBank's 90% stake exceedingly valuable.
從那時起,Arm的市值飆升至約1060億美元。這使得軟銀90%的股份非常有價值。
Analysts flagged British chip designer Arm as a formidable Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM), Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) rival as a key AI beneficiary after its recent quarterly print.
分析師將英國芯片設計師Arm列爲強大的高通公司(納斯達克股票代碼:QCOM)、英特爾公司(納斯達克股票代碼:INTC)、先進微設備公司(納斯達克股票代碼:AMD)的強大競爭對手,是人工智能的主要受益者。
Meanwhile, Son is considering launching a $100 billion chip venture to compete with companies like Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) and support the development of AI technologies.
同時,Son正在考慮成立一家價值1000億美元的芯片企業,以與英偉達公司(納斯達克股票代碼:NVDA)等公司競爭並支持人工智能技術的開發。
SoftBank is now directly investing, and sometimes taking controlling stakes, in major semiconductor companies. It is currently in discussions to acquire British semiconductor startup Graphcore Ltd and recently led a $1.05 billion funding round for UK-based self-driving startup Wayve Technologies Ltd.
軟銀現在直接投資大型半導體公司,有時甚至收購控股權。它目前正在討論收購英國半導體初創公司Graphcore Ltd,最近牽頭爲總部位於英國的自動駕駛初創公司Wayve Technologies Ltd進行了10.5億美元的融資。
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