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SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype
Key takeaways
- Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.
- Kirsten noted that it’s “very ironic” that Son is playing the skeptic here, given SoftBank’s “long history of wild bets.”
- Keep reading for a preview of our conversation, edited for length and clarity.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.
Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of Softbank, argued at a recent shareholder meeting that building data centers in space won’t do much to cut costs and will take too long when “in the battle for AI, the next few years will be far more important than what might happen a decade or so from now.”
On the latest episode of Tech Crunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed Son’s remarks as part of a broader discussion that included OpenAI’s plans for custom chips, chipmaker Groq’s new $650 million funding, and much more.
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