Arm is 'leader of the AI revolution,' SoftBank CFO says

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SoftBank CFO Yoshimitsu Goto called Arm the company's "most important subsidiary." (Photo by Hirofumi Takeuchi)

HIROFUMI TAKEUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- U.K. chip designer Arm is SoftBank Group's most important unit and key to its artificial intelligence strategy, the Japanese investor's finance chief said Thursday after Arm's Nasdaq debut.

Speaking to reporters outside the Nasdaq market site here, Yoshimitsu Goto said Arm is "in the leading position of the artificial intelligence revolution that we have been strategically advancing."

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