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SoftBank plans to raise $11 billion in risky bonds to fund an additional stake purchase in OpenAI.

Provides capital for OpenAI's infrastructure buildout and demonstrates confidence in AI compute demand despite high-cost leverage.
Trade pressSlicast · September 21, 2026 at 14:35 UTC · Global · Source: The Decoder
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