Masa Son Pitches $1 Trillion US AI Hub to TSMC, Trump Team (2)

June 20, 2025, 10:03 AM UTC

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son is seeking to team up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to realize what could be his biggest bet yet — a trillion-dollar industrial complex in Arizona to build robots and artificial intelligence.

Son envisions a version of the vast manufacturing hub of China’s Shenzhen that would bring back high-tech manufacturing to the US, according to people familiar with the billionaire’s thinking. The park may comprise production lines for AI-powered industrial robots, they said, asking not to be named as the plan remains private.

WATCH: Masayoshi Son, the founder of SoftBank, is seeking to team up with TSMC to realize a trillion-dollar industrial complex in Arizona to build robots and AI. Tom Mackenzie reports. Source: Bloomberg

SoftBank officials are keen to have the ...

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