Sources on how SoftBank's $11B junk bond sale landed, despite investor questions about OpenAI's listing timeline, data center plans, and SB Energy's delayed IPO (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources on how SoftBank's 11B junk bond sale landed, despite investor questions about OpenAI's listing timeline, data center plans, and SB Energy's delayed IPO — SoftBank Group Corp.'s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son has said he's “all in” on AI. The conglomerate's record 11.1 billion junk bond deal …

Sources: SoftBank's talks with creditors to raise 6B through a margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake have stalled, weeks after it cut its target from 10B (Bloomberg)
Sources: SoftBank seeks a $10B two-year margin loan secured by its OpenAI shares, with an option for a year extension, as SoftBank aims to become an AI linchpin (Bloomberg)
SoftBank stock jumped 4.6% to a record high on Monday, spurred by hopes of big returns from the company's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy Corp if they go public (Bloomberg)
Sources: SoftBank sealed a two-year loan facility to support its OpenAI investment, securing 11.87B in commitments from ~20 banks, above its 10B target (Janice Huang/Bloomberg)

Source: Techmeme | 2026-09-28

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