Major mobile network provider Softbank Corp. is set to develop the company's own generative artificial intelligence platform, with an eye on offering services to corporate clients.
The company will invest about 20 billion yen in a supercomputer that is crucial for processing the information that a generative AI platform requires. The machine will use microchips made by U.S.-based Nvidia Corp., known for making high-performance semiconductors that are used for many generative AI programs.
The two companies have been collaborating in several areas including telecommunications. Once completed, the supercomputer is expected to have the highest level of information processing capability in Japan.
