Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - A $40 billion loan for a single bet on OpenAI. Softbank is taking what the AI industry has been doing for a while to its logical extreme: financing the boom on credit.The article Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake appeared first o…
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OpenAI raises $110B at $730B valuation, expands AWS and Nvidia partnerships
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - OpenAI Group PBC today announced that it has raised $110 billion in funding at a pre-money valuation of $730 billion. Nvidia Corp. and SoftBank Group PBC provided $30 billion each. The remaining $50 billion came from Amazon Web Services Inc., which has al…
- Amazon, Nvidia and partners racing to supply OpenAI's infrastructure. (6)
- Insider-trading claim and global rivals escalate the AI arms race. (3)
- OpenAI faces government talks and surging ChatGPT usage. (2)
- Record $110B raise reshapes OpenAI's valuation and capital power. (6)
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Amazon, Nvidia and partners racing to supply OpenAI's infrastructure.
Insider-trading claim and global rivals escalate the AI arms race.
OpenAI faces government talks and surging ChatGPT usage.
Record $110B raise reshapes OpenAI's valuation and capital power.
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Back to Top / Friday, February 27, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 19897 / 18 stories in 7 days
Stargate AI data centers for OpenAI reportedly delayed by squabbles between partners — sources say OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank disagreed on who would have ultimate control of the planned data centers
tomshardware - OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have reportedly spent several months negotiating over who would have ultimate control of the data centers planned for Stargate.
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SoftBank’s OpenAI investment gains drive fourth consecutive profitable quarter
Claire Yubin Oh / sherwood - The Japanese conglomerate has nearly booked $20 billion in investment gains on its $34.6 billion OpenAI position.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 19058 / 3 stories in 22 days
Intel and SoftBank Subsidiary Saimemory Partner on Next-Gen Z-Angle Memory
techpowerup - Intel and SoftBank subsidiary Saimemory have signed an agreement to work together on developing and selling Z-Angle Memory (ZAM) technology aimed at AI and high-performance computing tasks. ZAM is described as a stacked DRAM architecture designed to go be…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 18701 / 4 stories in 4 wks
OpenAI is about to raise $60 billion
Berry Zwets / techzine - Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI. Nvidia is negotiating for up to $30 billion, Microsoft for less than $10 billion, and newcomer Amazon for possibly more than $20 billion. This is according to The Informatio…
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Back to Top / Thursday, January 29, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18525 / 33 stories in 5 wks
SoftBank Group (SFTBY) Stock: Eyes Massive $30B Bet to Tighten Grip on OpenAI
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR SoftBank plans a $30B OpenAI push to drive massive AI growth and scale. New funding talks could lift OpenAI’s valuation sharply toward $830B. AI infrastructure demand fuels one of tech’s biggest funding rounds. SoftBank aims to anchor future AI domin…
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AI coding startup Emergent raises $70M from Khosla, SoftBank after hitting $50M ARR
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Traditional app development demands deep coding skills or hefty budgets. Emergent, the fast-growing AI platform that turns ideas…
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OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout
cnbc - OpenAI and SoftBank agreed to invest $1 billion into a SoftBank-backed energy provider as the companies prepare for a massive buildout of AI data centers.
Back to Top / Friday, January 9, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 17688 / 7 stories in 1 month
SoftBank Makes Good on $40 Billion OpenAI Investment
PYMNTS / pymnts - SoftBank completed its promised $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI, CNBC reported Tuesday (Dec. 30), citing unnamed sources. The Japanese investment firm last week gave the artificial intelligence startup a final payment of $22 billion to $22.5 b…
Editor: So the big question here is what did Softbank have to do to make this happen? We already know ~6B of it came from liquidating Nvidia stock, but what else? Selling off more bets? Taking on more debt? It feels like a lot of exposure.
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 17368 / 9 stories in 2 months
DigitalBridge shares jump 50% after report SoftBank is in talks to acquire firm
cnbc - The premarket move comes shortly after Bloomberg reported Japan's SoftBank was in advanced talks to acquire the data center investment firm.
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SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year
Tobias Mann / theregister - Masayoshi Son better hope he made Santa's nice list Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank needs to secure $22.5 billion before the end of the year to make good on its commitments to AI partner OpenAI.…
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Report: Nvidia and SoftBank to invest $1B in robotic brains startup Skild AI
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Nvidia Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp. are reportedly holding talks with the robotic artificial intelligence startup Skild AI over a $1 billion investment. The proposed round would bring the startup’s valuation to more than $14 billion. Skild AI was last v…
Back to Top / Monday, December 8, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 16720 / 6 stories in 2 months
SoftBank's Nvidia Exit Reveals the Paper Billionaire's Paradox at AI's Peak
Robert Brown / implicator - SoftBank just posted record profits driven by OpenAI's soaring valuation. So why is Masayoshi Son selling $15 billion in assets, expanding margin loans, and converting paper gains into cash? The answer reveals uncomfortable truths about AI's peak.
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 8:20 pm / permalink 15879 / 6 stories in 3 months
Softbank Doubles “Profits” Based on OpenAI Holdings, Sells $5.8b in Nvidia Stock to Fuel Massive AI Bets
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - SoftBank cashes out its Nvidia stake for $5.8B, funneling profits from OpenAI gains into the massive Stargate AI project as bubble concerns grow.The post Softbank Doubles “Profits” Based on OpenAI Holdings, Sells $5.8b in Nvidia Stock to Fuel Massive AI B…
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Back to Top / Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 3:20 am / permalink 15860 / 13 stories in 3 months
OpenAI Due to Receive Another $22 Billion From SoftBank
PYMNTS / pymnts - SoftBank has reportedly taken another step toward completing its massive $30 billion investment in OpenAI. The Japanese conglomerate’s board has greenlit a second installment of $22.5 billion restructuring that would set the stage for an eventual public o…
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SoftBank to buy ABB robotics unit for $5.4 billion as it boosts its AI play
cnbc - SoftBank Group on Monday said it had agreed to buy the robotics division of Swiss engineering firm ABB for $5.4 billion.
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 15017 / 11 stories in 4 months
OpenAI to build five more Stargate data centers in the US with Oracle and SoftBank
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - OpenAI today announced plans to build five new data center sites in the U.S. as part of its Stargate initiative. Launched in January, Stargate is intended to provide the artificial intelligence provider with 10 gigawatts’ worth of computing infrastructure…
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 7:20 pm / permalink 14827 / 6 stories in 5 months