Son outlines SoftBank focus on ASI and Physical AI at shareholder meeting

SoftBank Group (SBG) held its 46th annual general meeting of shareholders in Tokyo on June 24, 2026, where Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son spent about an hour laying out his management vision, declaring the company would "become number one as the social infrastructure of the superintelligence era." He positioned AI as a core element of national security and stressed plans to accelerate investment in generative AI and data centers.12