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Masayoshi Son, the visionary behind SoftBank, is betting big on AI, predicting that by 2035, AI will be 10,000 times smarter than humans. His company owns 90% of chipmaker Arm and is aggressively investing in AI research, planning to deploy $500 bi

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SoftBank always goes big but they're not always smart or right. Uber and Alibaba were wins, but WeWork was a total disaster, OYO almost died until it went in founder mode again so If he’s betting $7 trillion on AI, some of it will go up in flames. Question is how much of the trillions can they afford to lose?

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