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Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son

CEO of SoftBank

Oct 13, 2026

8:50
Well, so when you talk about what's next, Steve Schwarzman, he said to me, you should really just ask Masa one thing, which is sort of how do you see it? How do you get conviction around a big idea?
9:03
AI was my theme for many, many years.
9:09
In fact, when I saw the first photograph of the microprocessor at the age of 17, you know, I was reading a magazine on the street and I started crying.
9:25
Truly, physically, I started crying on the street, just reading popular electronics or something.
9:32
I said, this is going to change the future of mankind.
9:39
The microprocessor eventually become so powerful, so smart, that it will be smarter than people's brain eventually.
9:52
It may take some number of years.
13:01
Do you agree with that?
19:26
(audience applauds) Please.
19:32
Well, first time of, uh, Trump's, uh, administration, we made a, a announcement, commitment, $50 billion.
19:40
We delivered $70 billion, uh, over four years, uh, last time.
19:46
This time, uh, I tried to commit $100 billion, and President Trump said, "Oh, Masa, go for more." (laughs) (audience laughs) So, so we did that $200 billion commitment, and then right after that, uh, we, SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX together, we announced $500 billion investment.
20:13
This is the largest investment for infrastructure in the United State, uh, investment.
20:20
And I think this is more than the scale.
20:23
This, the importance is, this is the largest infrastructure for the AI, which is the future of mankind, I believe.

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