softbank expects mass production driverless two

He is on the Board of Directors at Arm Ltd. and a President & Representative Director at Wireless City Planning, Inc. Masayoshi Son is a Chairman at Supercell Oy, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at SoftBank Group Corp., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm, editing by Louise Heavens) 'I am investing in many companies which are utilising AI to disrupt all kinds of industries,' Masa said. Son, who made his name for investing early in startups such as China's Alibaba Group had said he will continue to take stakes in public companies he thinks are frontrunners in the artificial intelligence (AI) race.

It has also funded the autonomous driving business of China's Didi Chuxing.Īutomakers and tech companies, including Alphabet Inc's Waymo and Tesla Inc, have been investing heavily in the autonomous driving industry. SoftBank has stake in self-driving car maker Cruise, which is majority owned by General Motors Co, and has been testing self-driving cars in California. The automobile will become a real supercomputer with four wheels.' While in the first year the production of units won't be in millions, in the next several years the cost per mile in fully autonomous cars will become very cheap, Son said, speaking at a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

Softbank expects mass production driverless two