SoftBank Group Corp. leads a global tech-portfolio, backing OpenAI, Nvidia-related bets, and ABB robotics, reshaping AI and automation.
The AI-driven memory-chip rally has continued this week. SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics have joined trillion-dollar valuations while the broader Kospi shows renewed volatility amid global AI market enthusiasm and new IPO chatter.
SoftBank has announced a €75bn plan to build AI data centres in northern France, and governments and companies across the world have reacted by prioritising domestic energy supplies. Energy ministers are negotiating cross‑border electricity links while countries from Guyana to Indonesia are accelerating local projects to reduce exposure to global price shocks.
Trump has claimed a peace deal with Iran could be signed soon, a repeated assertion that has yet to materialize. Markets have reacted with optimism and volatility as talks remain fragile and conflict persists. The narrative centers on the tension between optimism and reality as political statements influence oil and equities.