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$20.0B (ceiling) — SoftBank in talks with investment banks about a potential $10B-$20B bond offering (dollars and euros, possibly as early as September) to partly refinance a $40B bridge loan taken earlier in 2026 for its OpenAI investment; SoftBank has committed nearly $65B to OpenAI, aiming to complete that investment by October 2026; a SoftBank spokesperson said the company is "considering various options" and "nothing has been decided yet"

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$20.0B (ceiling) — SoftBank in talks with investment banks about a potential $10B-$20B bond offering (dollars and euros, possibly as early as September) to partly refinance a $40B bridge loan taken earlier in 2026 for its OpenAI investment; SoftBank has committed nearly $65B to OpenAI, aiming to complete that investment by October 2026; a SoftBank spokesperson said the company is "considering various options" and "nothing has been decided yet"

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  • Bloomberg, via Yahoo Finance (deal reporting) SoftBank Group Corp. talking with investment banks about a potential $10 billion to $20 billion bond offering to help refinance a loan for its OpenAI investment; talks ongoing, nothing decided

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$20.0B (ceiling) — SoftBank in talks with investment banks about a potential $10B-$20B bond offering (dollars and euros, possibly as early as September) to partly refinance a $40B bridge loan taken earlier in 2026 for its OpenAI investment; SoftBank has committed nearly $65B to OpenAI, aiming to complete that investment by October 2026; a SoftBank spokesperson said the company is "considering various options" and "nothing has been decided yet"

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