
SoftBank Raises $11.9B Loan, Bets $65B on OpenAI Future

SoftBank Raises $11.9B Loan, Bets $65B on OpenAI Future
SoftBank secures an upsized $11.87B loan from 20 banks to fund its $64.6B OpenAI bet, even as its own stock collapses 13% on AI fears.
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SoftBank secures an upsized $11.87B loan from 20 banks to fund its $64.6B OpenAI bet, even as its own stock collapses 13% on AI fears.


France locked in over 110 billion euros of AI data center investment led by SoftBank's 75B pledge, betting nuclear power can win Europe's compute race.


SoftBank will invest up to 75 billion euros to build 5 gigawatts of AI data centers in France by 2031, its largest European infrastructure bet ever.


Skild AI raised $1.4 billion led by SoftBank, tripling its valuation to over $14 billion in seven months to build one brain for any robot.


OpenAI raised $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, the largest private round in history, with Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank anchoring its compute bet.


SoftBank will invest up to 75 billion euros to build 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in France by 2031, its largest European bet yet.


OpenAI closed a record $122 billion round at an $852 billion valuation in March 2026 with Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank as anchors, and a $1 trillion IPO by Q4 may follow.