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2026-10-01 07:09:29

SoftBank completes final $10 billion follow-on investment in OpenAI

SoftBank Group said on Oct. 1 that it has completed a third and final $10 billion follow-on investment in OpenAI through SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The transaction brings the full amount of SoftBank’s previously announced $30 billion follow-on commitment to completion. After the latest investment, SoftBank’s cumulative investment in OpenAI has reached $64.6 billion, with its ownership stake standing at about 13%. The company said the funding for this round came from foreign currency-denominated senior bonds that SoftBank announced on Sept. 24. The update was carried by CLS and cited by Odaily.

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SoftBank completes final $10 billion follow-on investment in OpenAI
AI
2026-09-28 05:11:50

WSJ column points to possible funding-gap signals in AI sector

A Wall Street Journal column by Jonathan Weil said the AI industry may be showing signs of a possible "funding gap" similar to warning signals seen before the dot-com bust and the 2008 subprime crisis. The piece said leading AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic continue to burn cash and have not publicly reached profitability, while part of their fundraising capacity still depends on continued backing from companies such as Nvidia and SoftBank. It also noted that Anthropic’s IPO timing was pushed back from October to November, and AI data center supplier Holtec Nuclear paused its listing plan this month. Oracle’s debt-backed data center spending was described as relying on OpenAI continuing to pay for computing capacity, tying a broader part of the AI trade to a small number of private labs. Weil said the clearest threat to the sector remains the risk of the funding window closing, while adding that the recent delays look more like an early sign of caution than proof that the window has already shut.

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WSJ column points to possible funding-gap signals in AI sector
SoftBank
2026-09-21 11:50:00

SoftBank bond sale, tighter robot IPO scrutiny and Firmus listing plan highlight AI funding pressure

WuBlockchain’s WhiteLine Daily pulled together four developments tied to AI funding and oversight. Reuters, citing term sheets, said SoftBank Group has launched a sale of $10 billion in dollar bonds and €1 billion in euro bonds, with proceeds set to fund the third $10 billion installment of its additional investment in OpenAI, cover general corporate purposes, and refinance a bridge loan arranged for that investment. Reuters also reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that Chinese regulators are informally slowing some humanoid robot IPOs and examining whether revenue linked to high valuations and local government-backed projects reflects real commercial demand. In Australia, Reuters said AI data center operator Firmus plans to start a A$7 billion IPO on Oct. 6, equivalent to about $5 billion, with a potential greenshoe taking the total to about $5.5 billion. Separately, the Financial Times said Meta, Nvidia and Broadcom, among others, have provided AI residual value guarantees of as much as $300 billion over the past year to support data center and chip financing. Together, the report frames a market where capital is still flowing, but scrutiny over demand, revenue quality and downside risk is increasing.

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SoftBank bond sale, tighter robot IPO scrutiny and Firmus listing plan highlight AI funding pressure
SoftBank
2026-09-15 02:13:50

SoftBank-backed SB Energy files Japan registration document for planned U.S. IPO

SB Energy, a U.S. company under SoftBank Group, filed a domestic securities registration statement in Japan on Sept. 15 in connection with a planned initial public offering in the United States. The filing set the maximum fundraising amount in Japan at up to $500 million, or about 77 billion yen. The company expects to list on the Nasdaq market as early as September 2026. Its offering price and the number of shares to be sold have not been set. Provisional terms are expected to be disclosed sometime between September 2026 and February 2027. The update was reported by Nikkei and cited by Odaily.

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SoftBank-backed SB Energy files Japan registration document for planned U.S. IPO
South Korea e
2026-09-10 06:35:03

KOSPI closes down 0.24% in South Korea, while SK Hynix gains 0.43%

South Korea’s KOSPI index closed lower on Sept. 10, falling 16.77 points, or 0.24%, to 7034.87, according to Bitget market data cited by BlockBeats. Among major names mentioned, SK Hynix rose 0.43% and Samsung Electronics added 0.09%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 closed higher the same day, up 128.17 points, or 0.20%, at 65270.95. Kioxia gained 2.07%, while SoftBank fell 0.26%. The update covered benchmark equity indexes in South Korea and Japan along with selected large-cap stocks tied to the semiconductor and technology sectors.

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KOSPI closes down 0.24% in South Korea, while SK Hynix gains 0.43%