Chip designer Arm's $55 billion IPO smacks of bankers' desperation
The oversubscription isn't an indication of investor enthusiasm. SoftBank plans to sell only 9 percent of Arm’s shares, and will pledge out a 75 percent stake for margin loans once the stock debuts. With an IPO drought and SoftBank dangling millions of dollars, bankers are willing to tell any story, however stretched it is. Arm's focus on chips for smartphones isn't where the AI market is hot