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SoftBank and OpenAI’s Joint AI Venture Loses Steam (WSJ. 20250722)
On the day after President Trump's return to the White House, the heads of SoftBank and OpenAI stood next to the president as a $500 billion effort was unveiled to supercharge America's artificial intelligence ambitions. But in the six months since the announcement of Stargate, we have exclusively reported that the project is struggling to get off the ground. The two companies initially pledged to invest $100 billion immediately. However, the project is now setting the more modest goal of building a small data center by the end of this year, likely in Ohio. China has confirmed it'll hold a top-level summit with the European Union in Beijing this week. Beijing says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. This, as two of the world's largest economies, look to navigate US trade policies. The China European Union summit was originally set to take place in Brussels, but was moved to Beijing after Chinese officials signaled that Xi had no plans to visit Europe this year. It comes as Xi, who was once the most well-traveled leader in China's history, has reduced his international journeys in recent years. AstraZeneca plans to invest $50 billion in the US by 2030, including building a new facility in Virginia, the company's largest single manufacturing investment in the world. The announcement comes as drugmakers commit to American manufacturing in a bid to avoid looming tariffs that threaten to raise the costs across the industry.
트럼프 행정부 2기가 출범할 당시 SoftBank와 OpenAI가 트럼프와 함께 야심차게 AI 목표 달성을 위해 총 5천억 달러의 투자를 약속했음. 6개월이 지난 현재 이 프로젝트는 시작부터 어려움을 겪고 있음. 양사는 초기 자본으로 1천억 달러를 즉시 투자하겠다고 약속했으나 올해 말까지 데이터 센터를 구축하겠다는 작은 목표로 바꿈. 한편, 중국과 EU 간 정상회담이 이번 주에 예정되어 있음. 회담은 브뤼셀에서 열릴 예정이었으나 베이징으로 바뀜. 시진핑 주석은 한 때 해외 방문이 잦았으나 최근 줄어듬. 한편, AstraZeneca가 2030년까지 미국 내 500억 달러를 투자하겠다고 발표힘. 단일 제조 투자로는 세계 최대 규모이며, 버지니아 주 생산 시설 구축이 이에 포함됨. 이번 발표는 향후 부과될 관세를 피하기 위한 것임
