SoftBank launches one of biggest junk bond deals ever to fund its OpenAI bet
abhiadesai · x · 2026-09-22
Per the FT, SoftBank is launching one of the biggest junk bond deals ever to fund its bet on OpenAI. "Gambling Man" biographer Lionel Barber notes history repeats itself, while one commenter argues Masayoshi Son will prove critics wrong again — "it pays to be a gambling man in the Singularity."
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