Atsuyoshi Koike (L), president and CEO of new Japanese semiconductor maker Rapidus Corporation, listens as Art Swift (R), president and CEO of US-based Esperanto Technologies, answers a journalist's question during a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2024, as they announce a memorandum of cooperation between the two companies. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)