On Monday, after meeting with Donald Trump, the CEO of Softbank announced the company’s 100 billion dollar investme in the United States over the next 4 years.
According to CNBC, Softbank CEO Masayoshi San met with US Preside-elect Donald Trump on Monday at his personal mansion in Maralago, Florida. In this meeting, the CEO of Softbank confirmed that the company will invest 100 billion dollars in the US technology sectors in the next 4 years.
Softbank’s astronomical investme in the US technology market
According to Masayoshi Sun, this investme could create at least 100,000 new jobs focusing on artificial ielligence and related infrastructure in the US. Also, this huge investme will be made before the end of this period of Donald Trump’s presidency. Sun said that his confidence in the American economy has increased greatly after the election of Donald Trump.
Of course, this is not the first time that Softbank invests tens of billions of dollars in the American economy. In 2016, after the election of Trump as the Preside of the United States, Softbank promised to invest 50 billion dollars in the American economy, which would create 50,000 new jobs for the citizens of this coury.
In response to this huge investme, Donald Trump said:
“This historic investme demonstrates confidence in America‘s future and ensures that artificial ielligence, emerging technologies and other future industries are created and thrive right here in the United States.”
This 100 billion dollar investme will be financed from various sectors under the corol of Softbank; including the “Vision Fund” fund, other investme projects of this company and Arm Holding. Of course, Softbank’s new investme in America will also include some previous investmes of this company; For example, SoftBank recely invested $1.5 billion in OpenAI.
