SoftBank secures $10 billion loan tied to OpenAI stake

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SoftBank Group has secured a $10 billion loan linked to its OpenAI holding, providing fresh liquidity while concentrating its balance sheet around a debt-financed artificial-intelligence bet. The facility, arranged by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Mizuho Securities, Apollo Global Funding and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, is expected to be drawn in August for general corporate purposes and is guaranteed by SoftBank, with principal due in August 2028. The loan follows a $40 billion bridge facility primarily to fund additional OpenAI investments, of which SoftBank invested $10 billion in April and another $10 billion in July, with a final $10 billion tranche scheduled for October that would lift its cumulative OpenAI investment to $64.6 billion and its ownership to roughly 13%. At June 30, SoftBank valued its $44.6 billion cumulative OpenAI investment at $89.6 billion, implying $45 billion in unrealized gains, though finance costs nearly doubled to 328.7 billion yen and attributable net income fell 17.7% to 347.3 billion yen. Valuation protections in the new loan mean a sharp decline in OpenAI's worth could force SoftBank to provide cash collateral or repay early.

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