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Arm and SoftBank Group Contribute USD 15.5 Million to Advance AI Through Carnegie Mellon University's Partnership with Keio University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Arm and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) today announced that Arm and SBG will contribute USD 15.5 million to CMU to support its partnership with Keio University (Keio), a collaboration to accelerate the global advancement of AI.
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[{"type":"text","content":"PITTSBURGH, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Arm and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) today announced that Arm and SBG will contribute USD 15.5 million to CMU to support its partnership with Keio University (Keio), a collaboration to accelerate the global advancement of AI.","length":303,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"A year ago, the United States and Japan launched a research partnership to accelerate advancements in AI on a global scale. The partnership will bring the two countries closer together as international leaders in AI by pairing up CMU with Keio and, in a related effort, the University of Washington with the University of Tsukuba. Several global companies — including Amazon, Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA and SBG — and a consortium of Japanese companies pledged USD 110 million in contributions to support these collaborations.","length":521,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Arm, the company that is building the future of computing, and SBG, a global investor in breakthrough technologies, will provide CMU with USD 15.5 million to support the university's efforts in this partnership. The funding will give CMU scientists access to cutting-edge commercial tools and models and support fundamental research in areas where AI will have a transformative effect.","length":389,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""Carnegie Mellon is thankful for the support of Arm and SoftBank Group Corp. to further the development of transformative technologies powered by artificial intelligence. AI is pushing scientific discovery in fields like robotics and biomedicine, helping researchers understand complex systems and predict outcomes with increased accuracy," said Martial Hebert, Dean, CMU's School of Computer Science. "The CMU and Keio partnership will unlock research potential across the globe. Together, with generous and expert industry backing, we will blaze the new path charted by pioneering breakthroughs made possible through AI."","length":647,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"As a key feature of the partnership, Arm will provide CMU researchers with access to their hardware and software IP and tools through the company's Academic Access model, allowing researchers to innovate, evaluate, design and manufacture with the latest technology from Arm. The com...