Goldman Sachs CEO: “Investment demand for AI industry remains strong”

David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, a large U.S. investment bank, said, “(Money market) demand to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and invest in technologies related to AI growth is still strong.”

CEO Solomon said in an interview with U.S. economic broadcaster CNBC on the 9th (local time) that Goldman Sachs has been participating "very actively" in AI capital market transactions in recent weeks, and that this trend is expected to continue in the future.

He emphasized, “Changes in the political environment can cause adjustments or fluctuations, and in fact, some of these phenomena are occurring. However, I still firmly believe in the long-term outlook that AI will contribute to improving the productivity of our economy.”

Goldman Sachs is one of the underwriters for Antropic's initial public offering (IPO).

CEO Solomon avoided making specific comments about Antropic's IPO, but said, "We will have to see how the situation develops if the IPO proceeds," and added, "I think the market environment is still quite constructive."

He countered the opposition to data center construction by saying that this infrastructure is essential to the U.S. economy and can be built responsibly.

“As long as there is demand for computing, if we don't build it in the U.S., eventually data centers will end up moving out of the U.S., and we definitely don't want that,” he said.