Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images News SoftBank ( SFTBY ) is now Japan's most valuable company as the AI-driven rally pushed its market capitalization past Toyota's ( TM ) for the first time in over two decades. The Masayoshi Son-led company's market cap reached ¥48.78T (~$305.9B) on Monday, eclipsing Toyota's ( TM ) ¥45.89T (~$287.8B). SoftBank, whose Tokyo-listed shares ended 14% higher on Monday, an...
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images News SoftBank ( SFTBY ) is now Japan's most valuable company as the AI-driven rally pushed its market capitalization past Toyota's ( TM ) for the first time in over two decades. The Masayoshi Son-led company's market cap reached ¥48.78T (~$305.9B) on Monday, eclipsing Toyota's ( TM ) ¥45.89T (~$287.8B). SoftBank, whose Tokyo-listed shares ended 14% higher on Monday, announced over the weekend that it would invest up to €75B to build AI data centers in France. The company is aggressively spending on AI and is one of OpenAI's ( OPENAI ) top shareholders, after investing over $30B in the AI startup. While SoftBank's shares in Tokyo gained 85% this year, Toyota's stock declined about 15%. "SoftBank has concentrated its management resources on AI-related businesses and has successfully ridden the broader global tech rally," Tomo Kinoshita, global market strategist at Invesco Asset Management Japan, told Bloomberg News . "Toyota, meanwhile, has been hit by rising oil prices stemming from the Iran war, which raises the cost of operating vehicles and weighs on global auto demand," he added. Kinoshita said the valuation gap could reverse if crude prices decline and support automotive demand, but the long-term trajectory favors tech. More on SoftBank, Toyota Motor SoftBank (SFTB:CA) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Toyota Motor (TM) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript SoftBank to build AI data center network in France with $52B investment Toyota increases production mix of EVs, hybrids amid high gas prices
Pakistan’s inflation accelerated to the highest in two years as the war in the Middle East pushed up energy import costs. The consumer prices index rose 11.7% in May from a year earlier, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed Monday. The reading is lower than the median estimate of 12.2% in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Inflation climbed 10.9% in April. The conflict in the Middle E...
Pakistan’s inflation accelerated to the highest in two years as the war in the Middle East pushed up energy import costs. The consumer prices index rose 11.7% in May from a year earlier, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed Monday. The reading is lower than the median estimate of 12.2% in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Inflation climbed 10.9% in April. The conflict in the Middle East has heightened risks for fuel-importing economies across Asia, where rising energy prices are worsening inflation and straining external balances. That is forcing policymakers to take emergency measures to stabilize currencies and contain economic fallout. Pakistan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in almost three years in April. The monetary authority will hold its next rate review meeting on June 15. Since the war began, authorities have mostly raised fuel prices several times. Petrol and diesel prices remain 48% and 38% higher, respectively, than their pre-war levels, according to government data.
黄仁勋今天在中国台北做了两件事:把 CUDA 塞进了笔记本,把万亿参数推理搬到了桌边。 这不是英伟达在和云厂商抢生意。AWS、Azure、Google Cloud 是英伟达最大的几个客户,每年向它采购数百亿美元的 GPU。英伟达不会跟自己的金主动刀。 真正发生的事是:英伟达在扩张收费口。以前 AI 算力只有一条路——买英伟达的 GPU 放进云厂商的数据中心。现在多了两条:RTX Spark 笔记本...
黄仁勋今天在中国台北做了两件事:把 CUDA 塞进了笔记本,把万亿参数推理搬到了桌边。 这不是英伟达在和云厂商抢生意。AWS、Azure、Google Cloud 是英伟达最大的几个客户,每年向它采购数百亿美元的 GPU。英伟达不会跟自己的金主动刀。 真正发生的事是:英伟达在扩张收费口。以前 AI 算力只有一条路——买英伟达的 GPU 放进云厂商的数据中心。现在多了两条:RTX Spark 笔记本,DGX Station 桌面机。无论你选哪条,英伟达都在路口等着。黄仁勋管自己叫"基础设施公司",这句话的意思是:AI 跑在哪里不重要,重要的是英伟达铺了路。 CUDA 第一次进了背包 英伟达三十年真正的护城河不是 GPU,是 CUDA。750 万开发者在上面工作,PyTorch、TensorRT、TensorRT-LLM、llama.cpp,主流 AI 框架的最优路径全在这里。二十年建成,没有任何一家公司复制过。 麻烦是 CUDA 一直被关在数据中心里。云端写的代码带不进轻薄本,高通 Snapdragon X 做了很多,就是没有 CUDA,苹果 M 系列是另一个世界。 RTX Spark 拆掉了这道墙。20 核 ARM CPU 加 Blackwell GPU 的 6144 个 CUDA 核,128GB 统一内存,AI 算力 1 PetaFLOP,塞进 14 毫米厚的笔记本。英伟达已与 100 家 Windows 软件商谈妥,TensorRT、PyTorch CUDA 后端、TensorRT-LLM 原生支持。在数据中心写了三年 CUDA 的工程师,拿起 RTX Spark 笔记本,理论上不需要改一行代码。 高通碰上的麻烦不是算力输了,是叙事失守了。Snapdragon X 花三年把 Windows on ARM 的口碑做起来,能效比终于接近苹果——唯一没拿下的是 AI 开发者。那批人一直站在场外,等一台能跑 CUDA 的 Windows 笔记本。 英伟达带着 CUDA 来了,他们等到了。 Snapdragon X 不是没有筹码。美国 800 美元以上 Windows 笔记本市场它占了 10%,80 多个 OEM 设计在跑,X2 Elite 今年上半年发布,NPU 直奔 80 TOPS,先发优势是真实的。但没有 CUDA,高通在 AI 开发者那里永远只能是备选项。 桌边开...
Stephen Lam/Getty Images News Salesforce ( CRM ) plans to invest $2B in France through 2030, including the launch of a new AI Innovation Hub in Paris and expanded support for AI education, workforce training, customers and partners in the country. “We are proud to deepen our commitment to France with this significant investment. France has become one of the world’s great centers of AI innovation, ...
Stephen Lam/Getty Images News Salesforce ( CRM ) plans to invest $2B in France through 2030, including the launch of a new AI Innovation Hub in Paris and expanded support for AI education, workforce training, customers and partners in the country. “We are proud to deepen our commitment to France with this significant investment. France has become one of the world’s great centers of AI innovation, combining extraordinary research talent, entrepreneurial energy, and a strong commitment to trusted technology. We look forward to helping organizations across France and the region unlock a new level of agentic transformation,” said Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce. The plans were announced at the Choose France summit and build on Salesforce’s previous five-year commitment of $3.5B to support its operations in France. More on Salesforce Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Discusses Product Innovation With Headless 360 and Slackbot Transcript Salesforce Is A Steal Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Presents at Jefferies Software, Internet & AI Conference Transcript SA Asks: Can Salesforce thrive in an AI-dominated world? Earnings Scoreboard: 11 of 12 firms smash EPS and revenue estimates and deliver Y/Y gains
Former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has warned that attempts by the U.S. government to exert greater political pressure on the central bank will damage public confidence in its independence. Powell — whose time as Fed chair concluded on May 15 — said the central bank, along with other institutions such as the courts and universities, is facing a political "stress test" from President Donald...
Former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has warned that attempts by the U.S. government to exert greater political pressure on the central bank will damage public confidence in its independence. Powell — whose time as Fed chair concluded on May 15 — said the central bank, along with other institutions such as the courts and universities, is facing a political "stress test" from President Donald Trump's administration. Speaking at the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston, Powell highlighted the White House's push for his resignation, a Department of Justice criminal investigation into his time as chair and attempts to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook . "If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences, then future administrations will do so as well," Powell said while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. "The public would lose faith that the central bank will make decisions based only on what's best for all Americans." Federal prosecutors in January began a probe into the $2.5 billion renovation of the central bank's Washington, D.C. headquarters. At the time, Powell said the investigation — which was later dropped in April — stemmed from Trump's frustration with the Fed's refusal to cut interest rates at the pace and volume the president wanted. "Democratic institutions take much time, effort, and patience to build but can be torn down all too quickly," Powell said in his first public remarks since his time as chair concluded. "It is essential that we preserve what is good about these institutions, even as we strive to improve them." Powell's successor as Fed chair Kevin Warsh was sworn in on May 22. Despite standing down at chair, Powell is continuing as a Fed governor. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.