SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund 2 is investing in US artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI at a $3 billion valuation, Masayoshi Son’s latest bet on a sector he deems crucial to securing his legacy.
Ever since the Polish scientist Jan Czochralski discovered a way to grow single crystals of semiconductors with high purity in 1915, the technique now known as the Czochralski method has long underpinned the global semiconductor industry with its ability to scale up the single-crystal production of silicon and germanium. A decade later, Czochralski was invited back to his native land where he consolidated his research and passed on his legacy to the Warsaw University of Technology.
The European Union (EU) has imposed an anti-subsidy provisional tax on Chinese EVs, with a maximum total tax rate nearing 50%, higher than market expectations.
The Chinese government is once again expanding the scale of its hydrogen energy industry and broadening overseas sales through two main methods: official policy support and substantial domestic demand.