Goldman Sachs CEO: “Demand for investment in the AI industry remains strong”

[Financial News] David M. Solomon, CEO of the major U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, said, “Demand in the capital markets for investment in building AI infrastructure and in technologies related to AI growth remains strong.”
In an interview with U.S. business broadcaster CNBC on the 9th (local time), Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon said that the company had been “very active” in AI capital markets transactions in recent weeks and expected this trend to continue.
He emphasized, “Changes in the political environment can cause adjustments or fluctuations, and we are already seeing some of that. But I still firmly believe in the long-term outlook that AI will help improve productivity in our economy.”
Goldman Sachs is one of the underwriters for Anthropic’s IPO.
While avoiding specific comment on Anthropic’s IPO, CEO Solomon said, “If an IPO goes ahead, we’ll have to see how things unfold,” adding, “I think market conditions remain quite constructive.”
In response to opposition to data center construction, he argued that this infrastructure is essential to the U.S. economy and can be built responsibly.
“As long as there is demand for computing, data centers will ultimately end up outside the United States (if they are not built in the U.S.),” he said, adding, “We absolutely do not want that.”

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