SoftBank planning record $6.3B bond sale to fund OpenAI investments
tszzl · x · 2026-08-24
Per Bloomberg, SoftBank is planning a record ¥1 trillion ($6.3 billion) retail bond sale in Japan. The funds are intended to support its more than $60 billion in investment commitments to OpenAI.
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