SoftBank's Son Shoots for $6.189 Trillion NAV on Promise of 'Super AI'

By Yang Jie and Megumi Fujikawa

TOKYO--SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son wants to bring the tech conglomerate's net asset value to $6.189 trillion in the next decade, setting a bold target built on the promise of artificial "superintelligence."

Speaking at an annual shareholder meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, Son acknowledged the ambition of the 1,000 trillion yen goal but said SoftBank has consistently proven its ability to create value.

Calling SoftBank a "swan laying golden AI eggs," the veteran investor said the company has multiplied its worth since adopting a strategy built around a theoretical form of AI that surpasses human capability, or AI superintelligence.

SoftBank's strategy centers on what Son described as a global shift from algorithm‑driven advances to the physical infrastructure needed to run them.

The world is moving to "physical ASI," he said, where the bottleneck is no longer model design but the chips, power and data‑center capacity needed to operate advanced systems at scale. That aligns with SoftBank's push to become the world's leading AI-robotics company, Son added.

Bets on AI, including on ChatGPT maker OpenAI, helped lift the group's stock to an all-time high in early June, placing it in the top ranks of Japan's most valuable companies.

Write to Yang Jie at jie.yang@wsj.com and Megumi Fujikawa at megumi.fujikawa@wsj.com

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June 23, 2026 23:39 ET (03:39 GMT)