Sources detail the lengths SoftBank went to secure its $11B junk bond sale, including high yields, to replace a $40B bridge loan for its OpenAI investment (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources detail the lengths SoftBank went to secure its $11B junk bond sale, including high yields, to replace a $40B bridge loan for its OpenAI investment SoftBank Group Corp.'s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son has said he's all in on AI. The conglomerate's record $11.1 billion junk bo…

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2026-09-29 01:04 · Techmeme
Sources detail the lengths SoftBank went to secure its $11B junk bond sale, including high yields, to replace a $40B bridge loan for its OpenAI investment (Bloomberg)

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