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According to media reports on Sunday, the four companies SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony will each hold about 10% of the shares in the new company, which is expected to hire about 100 artificial intelligence developers. The report did not reveal the source. SoftBank and NEC will be responsible for developing large models of basic artificial intelligence, while Honda and Sony plan to apply artificial intelligence to fields such as automobiles, robots, games, and semiconductors. Nippon Steel and large banks such as Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho will participate in the investment as minority shareholders. The artificial intelligence model will be open for use by Japanese companies, and even non-investors can custom-deploy it.

Zhitongcaijing·04/12/2026 00:09:00
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According to media reports on Sunday, the four companies SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony will each hold about 10% of the shares in the new company, which is expected to hire about 100 artificial intelligence developers. The report did not reveal the source. SoftBank and NEC will be responsible for developing large models of basic artificial intelligence, while Honda and Sony plan to apply artificial intelligence to fields such as automobiles, robots, games, and semiconductors. Nippon Steel and large banks such as Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho will participate in the investment as minority shareholders. The artificial intelligence model will be open for use by Japanese companies, and even non-investors can custom-deploy it.