Banche e mercato → SoftBank: $10B investment
SoftBank borrows against its OpenAI shares. SoftBank sought a $10bn margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake; later reports say it closed in August with Goldman, JPMorgan, Mizuho, Apollo and SMBC.
This deal is 2% of everything Banche e mercato pays and 15% of everything SoftBank receives in this database.
- Date
- Apr 23, 2026
- Paid by
Banche e mercato- Received by
🇯🇵 SoftBank- Type
- Investment
- Amount
- $10B
- Status
- reported
- Note
- $10bn margin loan backed by OpenAI shares (final size disputed)
Sources
Press coverage
- Aug 6, 2026 Yahoo Finance SoftBank secures $10 billion loan backed by OpenAI stake
- Aug 6, 2026 Mint SoftBank secures $10 billion margin loan backed by OpenAI stake
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- Nov 11, 2025 Banche e mercato → SoftBank · SoftBank dumps Nvidia to fund OpenAI $5.8B
- Mar 27, 2026 Banche e mercato → SoftBank · SoftBank lands record $40bn bridge loan $40B
- Apr 23, 2026 Banche e mercato → SoftBank · SoftBank borrows against its OpenAI shares $10B
- Sep 18, 2026 Banche e mercato → SoftBank · Arm-backed loan rises to $25bn $5B
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